Tag: Mel 17

Messier 34

Messier 34 / NGC 1039, Open Cluster, Astrophotography
Messier 34 · NGC 1039 · Melotte 17 · © Thomas Hanrath, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

M 34 is an open star cluster in the constellation Perseus, located about 1,660 light-years away, and reaches its annual culmination at astronomical midnight and is best observed early November.