M34 (NGC1039)
Open cluster in Perseus
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1500 light years distant, somewhere between 180 and 250 million years old and home to white dwarfs and several binary stars.
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Image credit: REU program/NOAO/AURA/NSF
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Image credit: Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS)
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Messier Monday: A Bright, Close Delight of the Winter Skies, M34
Great explanation of the composition of M34's stars and where they are (or aren't...yet) on the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram. -
Messier 34
How to find M34 in the night sky, an explanation of what you are looking at, and some history. -
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Data on M34 from Students for the Exploration and Development of Space .
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