Sailing through Cassiopeia

Andrea Arbizzi, taken from Maremma, Italy A vast sea of faintly lit dust in Cassiopeia envelops the Sailboat Cluster (NGC 225, upper right), an open cluster named for the way its brightest stars and the blue haze of the reflection nebula VdB 4 sketch out a sail. NGC 225 lies about 2,200 light-years away, accompaniedContinue reading "Sailing through Cassiopeia" The post Sailing through Cassiopeia appeared first on Astronomy Magazine.