NGC 602 is a unique cluster of young, hot blue stars. As NASA reports, "The green hues and feathery edges of the ring cloud create the appearance of a wreath made of evergreen boughs.
Like NGC 602, NGC 2264 is a cluster of young stars between one and five million years old. (For comparison, the sun is a middle-aged star about 5 billion years old—about 1,000 times older.) ...
Discovered by Charles Messier in 1764, M20 is a star-forming nebula located 9,000 light-years away from Earth in the constellation Sagittarius. The Orion Nebula (also known as Messier 42 or NGC 1976) ...
NGC 602: This bright open cluster of stars is located in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) which is a satellite galaxy to the Milky Way. Thanks For Reading!
In comparison, our Sun is thought to be around 4.6 billion years old. Nasa also released this picture of star cluster NGC 602 - which looks like a Christmas wreath. NGC 602 lies on the outskirts ...