Star Clusters and Constellations

Dazzling night sky scenes showing various star clusters and constellations, rich with details of celestial formations.

The Milky Way through Carina and Crux.

The small constellations of Sagitta and Vulpecula in the northern summer sky.

iss045e057047 (10/11/2015) --- A view of stars taken by the Expedition 45 crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS).

Star clusters in Ophiuchus and Serpens.

Perseus OB1 and star clusters surrounding Alpha Persei.

Dark nebula LDN 1242.

Mosaic of the southern Milky Way from Orion (right) to Vela (left,) taking in Carina and Crux (center).

The Milky Way through Carina and Crux.

The constellation of Canis Major, with Sirius at upper right, Messier 41 cluster to the left of Sirius, and M46 and M47 clusters above at upper right.

Orion and the Winter Triangle stars; Sirius, Procyon and Betelgeuse. M50, M46, M47 and M41 open clusters are all visible at left.

The dark bands within the Sagittarius region of the Milky Way

The constellations of Hercules and Ophiuchus with Serpens to either side of Ophiuchus.

Musca star constellation, Night sky, Cluster of stars, Deep space, Fly constellation

Lupus star constellation, Night sky, Cluster of stars, Deep space, Wolf constellation

Corvus star constellation, Night sky, Cluster of stars, Deep space, Crow constellation

The southern sky and Milky Way from Canopus up to the Carina Nebula.

Tucana star constellation, Night sky, Cluster of stars, Deep space, Toucan constellation

The northern spring constellation of Cancer, between Leo (at left) and part of Gemini (upper right).

Ophiuchus star constellation, Night sky, Cluster of stars, Deep space, Serpentarius, Serpent bearer

Chamaeleon star constellation, Night sky, Cluster of stars, Deep space, chamaeleontis

Indus star constellation, Night sky, Cluster of stars, Deep space, Indian constellation

The Milky Way, Auriga and Peseus Arm are with California Nebula and Heart & Soul Nebula.

Aquila, Serpens and Ophiuchus in the Milky Way summer sky.

The Southern Cross and the Pointers in the Milky Way

Leo star constellation, Night sky, Cluster of stars, Deep space, Lion constellation

The constellation of Leo and the Coma Star Cluster in Coma Berenices. The slight brightening at bottom is from Gegenschein.

Pegasus star constellation, Night sky, Cluster of stars, Deep space, Winged Horse constellation

Delphinus star constellation, Night sky, Cluster of stars, Deep space, Dolphin constellation

A wide angle view of the northern summer Milky Way from Cepheus (at top) to Serpens (at bottom).

Telescopium star constellation, Night sky, Cluster of stars, Deep space, Telescope constellation

The constellation of Orion and its brightest stars, Procyon and Sirius

Coma Berenices star constellation, Night sky, Cluster of stars, Deep space, Berenice hair

The Scutum Star Cloud in the Milky Way, with the WIld Duck Cluster.

Hydrus star constellation, Night sky, Cluster of stars, Deep space, Water Snake constellation

An ultrawide angle image of the southern Milky Way, taken from Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia, December 13/14, 2012, using an 15mm Canon full-frame fish-eye lens and Canon 5D MkII camera for a stack of 4 x 6 minute exposures at f/4 and ISO 800. Jupiter is at top left, Orion to the right of Jupiter. Sirius is left of centre, the large Gum Nebula is at centre, while the Carina Nebula, Crux and the Pointer stars, Alpha and Beta Centauri, are rising at lower right. The Magellanic Clouds are at upper

The Norma star cloud.

Vela star constellation, Night sky, Cluster of stars, Deep space, Sails constellation

The starfield in the Milky Way from Sagitta (bottom) to Vulpecula (top).

Grus star constellation, Night sky, Cluster of stars, Deep space, Crane constellation

Volans star constellation, Night sky, Cluster of stars, Deep space, Flying Fish

Alpha and Beta Centauri and the Dark Lanes of Centaurus in the southern Milky Way.

Sagittarius area of the Milky Way

Comet Lovejoy (C/2014 Q2) at upper right near the Pleiades, with its long blue ion tail stretching back to the left past the Pleiades. This wide-angle shot takes in a wide sweep from Orion at bottom left up to Auriga and Perseus at top. At centre is Taurus and the Taurus Dark Clouds of interstellar dust. Some high haze drifiting through added natural star glows but also some sky gradient tints. This is a stack of 9 x 2 minute exposures at f/2.8 with the 24mm lens and Canon 5D MkII at ISO 1600, o

A wide angle view of the northern summer Milky Way from Cepheus (at top left) to Sagittarius.

Equuleus star constellation, Night sky, Cluster of stars, Deep space, Pony constellation, Little Horse

The nebulas and clusters of Crux, Carina and Musca

Scutum Starcloud with Messier 11, Messier 26 and the small globular cluster NGC 6712.

Cassiopeia Nebulosity

The Scutum star cloud in the northern summer Milky Way. Messier 11, the Wild Duck Cluster, is at left, and open cluster Messier 26 is at bottom.

Milky Way, galaxy

The constellations of Orion and Eridanus with a Geminid meteor shower below Orion.

The center of the Milky Way through Sagittarius and Scorpius.

Star field in space a nebulae and a gas congestion. Elements of this image furnished by NASA . 3D rendering. Star field in space and a nebulae. 3D rendering

Bright reddish Mars above the Hyades star cluster, with Pleiades at upper right.

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Jupiter shines next to the Milky Way

Sirius, Canopus and the Gum Nebula.

Piscis Austrinus star constellation, Night sky, Cluster of stars, Deep space, Southern Fish constellation

The Coalsack and Jewel Box Cluster in the Southern Cross.

Telescopium star constellation, Night sky, Cluster of stars, Deep space, Telescope constellation

Lynx star constellation, Night sky, Cluster of stars, Deep space, Cat constellation

Alpha and Beta Centauri in Centaurus.

Ophiuchus star constellation, Night sky, Cluster of stars, Deep space, Serpentarius, Serpent bearer

The Double Cluster with two of its companion star clusters, NGC 957 and Trumpler 2.

The Galactic Center of the Milky Way with the bright Sagittarius Star Cloud.

Lupus star constellation, Night sky, Cluster of stars, Deep space, Wolf constellation

The Coathanger asterism of stars in Vulpecula.

Fornax star constellation, Night sky, Cluster of stars, Deep space, Furnace constellation

NASA image captured March 27, 2012NASA successfully launched five suborbital sounding rockets this morningfrom its Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia as part of a study of the upperlevel jet stream. The first rocket was launched at 4:58 a.m. EDT and eachsubsequent rocket was launched 80 seconds apart. Each rocket released achemical tracer that created milky, white clouds at the edge of space.Tracking the way the clouds move can help scientists understand the movementof the winds some 65 miles up in the sky, which in turn will help createbetter models of the electromagnetic regions of space that can damageman-made satellites and disrupt communications systems. The launches andclouds were reported to be seen from as far south as Wilmington, N.C.; westto Charlestown, W. Va.; and north to Buffalo, N.Y.

The Milky Way in the southern hemisphere sky.

The Double Cluster in Perseus with nearby star clusters NGC 957 and Trumpler 2.

Coma Berenices star constellation, Night sky, Cluster of stars, Deep space, Berenice hair

Silhouette of a mountaineer looking at the Milky Way

The large and sparse open cluster in Ophiuchus known as IC 4665.

Widefield view of star flux in Cygnus

Messier 11, the Wild Duck Cluster in Scutum.

Woman and night sky. Watching the stars Woman with telescope

Astrophotography of Deep Sky and Stars, Pleiades and Mars, 135mm f3.5 ISO800, Nord52, 20.01.2023

The center of the Milky Way in Sagittarius and Scorpius.

Girl looking at the stars with telescope. Milky Way galaxy

The rich region in the Milky Way in the tail of Scorpius, bright with nebulas and dark dust clouds.

The Dark Horse and Snake Nebulae in Ophiuchus.

Panoramic of a person looking at the milky way

Southern France, Hautes-Pyrenees, Pic du Midi de Bigorre Observatory, night sky full of stars

Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex

Fornax star constellation, Night sky, Cluster of stars, Deep space, Furnace constellation

The Coathanger star cluster and asterism in the Milky Way in southern Cygnus.

Carina star constellation, Night sky, Cluster of stars, Deep space, Keel constellation

Milky way galaxy with stars and space dust in the universe, long speed exposure.. Milky way

A man and woman stand on top of boulders looking up at the milk way

A 160° panorama showing: - the Zodiacal Light (at right in the west)- the Milky Way (up from the centre, in the south, to the upper right)- the Zodiacal Band (faintly visible running across the frame at top)- the Gegenschein (a brightening of the Zodiacal Band at left of frame in the east in Leo)Along the Milky Way are dark lanes of interstellar dust, aprticularly in Taurus above and to the right of Orion. Red nebulas of glowing gas also lie along the Milky Way, such as Barnards Loop arou

The northern spring constellation of Virgo, with the bright star Spica at left and Denebola at top right.

Space background with silhouette of telescope. The Orion Nebula Messier 42 diffuse nebula in constellation Orion. Elements of this image are furnished by NASA

Star trails captured using an exposure time of two hours to record the rotation of the earth on its Polar Axis, stars are rotating around the Pole Sta...

Woman with telescope watching the stars. Stargazing woman and night sky

Gemini's Jewels in the Gemini Constellation

Milky way with mars close up

The constellation of Lyra the Harp in moonlight.

The Dark Doodad dark nebula in Musca in the southern sky.

A vertical panorama showing the Milky Way extending 180 degrees from horizon to horizon, Sierra de la Ventana, Argentina.

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