GO ASTRONOMY | ✨ 13 Closest Nebulae & Clusters (Less than 1000 LY out) ✨ @goastronomy | Uploaded March 2023 | Updated October 2024, 13 hours ago.
This video tours the 13 closest nebulae and star clusters closest to our solar system. All of them are less than 1,000 light years away. Only one of them are in the Local Bubble with us - Hyades at 150 light years out.
1. Hyades - open cluster
Taurus
mag 0.5
151 ly
2. Taurus molecular cloud -
Taurus
mag 13.4
430 ly
3. Pleiades - open cluster
Taurus
mag 1.6
444 ly
4. Rho Ophiuci cloud complex -
Ophiuchus
mag 4.6
460 ly
5. Omicron Velorum Cluster -
Vela
mag 2.5
490 ly
6 Lupus clouds -
Scorpius
~500 ly
7. Southern Pleiades (Theta Carinae Cluster) -
Carina
mag 1.9
547 ly
8. Beehive Cluster
Cancer
mag 3.7
577 ly
9. Coalsack
dark nebula
Crux
600 ly
10. Chamaeleon cloud complex
Chameleon
600 ly
11. Helix Nebula - planetary nebula
Aquarius
mag 7.6
655 ly
12. Vela SNR -
supernova remnant
Vela
mag 12
815 ly
13. Aquila Rift - dark nebula
Aquila, Serpens
850+ ly
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This video tours the 13 closest nebulae and star clusters closest to our solar system. All of them are less than 1,000 light years away. Only one of them are in the Local Bubble with us - Hyades at 150 light years out.
1. Hyades - open cluster
Taurus
mag 0.5
151 ly
2. Taurus molecular cloud -
Taurus
mag 13.4
430 ly
3. Pleiades - open cluster
Taurus
mag 1.6
444 ly
4. Rho Ophiuci cloud complex -
Ophiuchus
mag 4.6
460 ly
5. Omicron Velorum Cluster -
Vela
mag 2.5
490 ly
6 Lupus clouds -
Scorpius
~500 ly
7. Southern Pleiades (Theta Carinae Cluster) -
Carina
mag 1.9
547 ly
8. Beehive Cluster
Cancer
mag 3.7
577 ly
9. Coalsack
dark nebula
Crux
600 ly
10. Chamaeleon cloud complex
Chameleon
600 ly
11. Helix Nebula - planetary nebula
Aquarius
mag 7.6
655 ly
12. Vela SNR -
supernova remnant
Vela
mag 12
815 ly
13. Aquila Rift - dark nebula
Aquila, Serpens
850+ ly
No talking heads or bloviating, just awesome 4K imagery set to inspiring music. Release your inner astronomer. A new video every week.
👍 Like, comment, and subscribe!
May your skies always be clear!
website: go-astronomy.com
#goastronomy
![Volans Constellation: Best deep sky objects [v2 refresh]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mnkQ4HlbV2Y/hqdefault.jpg "Volans Constellation: Best deep sky objects [v2 refresh]
Volans (the Flying Fish) is a small, faint, sparse southern hemisphere constellation best seen around March. Enjoy the following notable deep sky objects in Volans :
Meathook Galaxy - spiral galaxy,
Lindsay-Shapley Ring - ring galaxy,
NGC 2397 - spiral galaxy,
NGC 2434 - elliptical galaxy,
NGC 2305 - elliptical galaxy,
SMACS 0723 - galaxy cluster.
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