Zooming in on Star Cluster NGC 2367 | ESO

Zooming in on Star Cluster NGC 2367 | ESO

This video starts with a view of the southern Milky Way and takes us on a journey towards the open star cluster NGC 2367, not far from the bright star Sirius in the constellation of Canis Major (The Greater Dog). The MPG/ESO 2.2-meter telescope at the European Southern Observatory (ESO)’s La Silla Observatory in Chile captured this richly colorful view. The brighter cluster stars are very young by stellar standards and still shine with a hot bluish color.

Distance: over 7,000 light years

Credit: ESO/G. Beccari/Digitized Sky Survey 2/N. Risinger

Duration: 50 seconds

Release Date: July 1, 2015

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