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159 Feinstein, A., Cabrera, A.L., Claria, J.J. 1978: Multicolor photometry of the open cluster NGC 2287.
30,451 215 Harris,G.L.H. :1981, Four-color and H-beta photometry of the galactic cluster NGC 7790.
275 Joshi,U.C.,Sagar,R.,Pandey,P. :1975, Photoelectric photometry of the open cluster NGC 1778.
cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr /viz-bin/ftp-index?/ftp/cats/vii/92A/refs   (7557 words)

  
 Open Cluster M34 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Open Cluster M34 (also known as Messier Object 34 or NGC 1039) is an open cluster in the constellation Perseus.
M34 is at a distance of about 1,400 light-years away from Earth and consists of some 100 stars.
The cluster is just visible to the naked eye in very dark conditions, well away from city lights.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Open_Cluster_M34   (170 words)

  
 Messier Object 34
Considering the spatial motion of M34 and other clusters, O.J. Eggen (1983) found it co-inciding with that of several others, including the Pleiades (M45), NGC 2516, IC 2602, the Alpha Persei Cluster (Melotte 20) and the Delta Lyrae Cluster (Stephenson 1).
M34 was probably first found by Giovanni Batista Hodierna before 1654, and independently rediscovered by Charles Messier in on August 25, 1764.
Open cluster M34 can quite easily be found (even with the naked eye under good conditions as a faint nebulous patch) as it lies just north of the line from Algol (Beta Persei) to Gamma Andromedae.
www.seds.org /messier/m/m034.html   (327 words)

  
 Messier Guide: Late Autumn
M34 is a large, bright, coarse open cluster, a pleasant change from faint galaxies and miniscule planetary nebulae.
M34 is fairly easy to find by the point-and-shoot method, lying about 1 degree N of a line connecting Beta Persei (Algol) and Gamma Andromedae (Almach), about 40% of the way from the former to the latter.
M34 is small and tight in my 7x35 binoculars, especially under suburban skies or better, where five of the stars resolve easily.
home1.gte.net /vze55p46/id22.html   (3793 words)

  
 Open Star Clusters
Over 1100 open clusters are known in our Milky Way Galaxy, and this is probably only a small percentage of the total population which is probably some factor higher; estimates of as many as about 100,000 Milky Way open clusters have been given.
The first open clusters have been known since prehistoric times: The Pleiades (M45), the Hyades and the Beehive or Praesepe (M44) are the most prominent examples, but Ptolemy had also mentioned M7 and the Coma Star Cluster (Mel 111) as early as 138 AD.
All the diffuse nebulae in Messier's catalog are associated with open clusters of young stars which have formed of the nebula's material in (astronomically) very recent times, and are still formed today in many cases.
www.seds.org /messier/open.html   (1098 words)

  
 Messier Object 34   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Meynet's Geneva Team) open cluster of about 100 stars (according to H.S. Hogg) lies about 1,400 light years and is scattered over 35 arc minutes, more than the diameter of the full Moon.
M34 was probably first found by Hodierna before 1654, and independently rediscovered by Messier in 1764.
Open cluster M34 can quite easily be found (even with the naked eye under good conditions) as it lies just north of the line from Algol (Beta Persei) to Gamma Andromedae.
www2.arnes.si /~gljsentvid10/messier/M034.HTM   (199 words)

  
 M34   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Messier object M34 is a open cluster which is located in the constellation Perseus.
This Open Cluster has an apparent angular size of 35 and a visual brightness of 5.5.
M34 is unnamed and has an NGC catalog number of NGC 1039.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /messier_objects/m34.htm   (70 words)

  
 Undergraduate Thesis
This research falls under the auspices of the WIYN Open Cluster Study (WOCS), which was established tocreate a database of open cluster photometry, astrometry, and spectroscopy.
Cluster members are thought to have formed at the same time and out of the same material and can therefore be used to study specific astrophysical problems.
I chose NGC 2420 because it is the nearest metal poor open cluster known and it is very rich.
www.astro.indiana.edu /ugrad_thesis.shtml   (1058 words)

  
 Robert Bruce Thompson's Winter Messier Objects Presentation - M34
M34 was discovered by Giovanni Batista Hodierna before 1654, and re-discovered independently by Charles Messier on August 25, 1764.
At about 180 million years old, M34 is a middle-aged open cluster, which has about 100 member stars, ranging from magnitude 7.9 down.
M34 is visible as a bright luminosity near the other edge of the field.
www.ttgnet.com /astronomy/winter-messier-program/m34.html   (330 words)

  
 openclusters
The stars are usually relatively young suns, because with time the stars in an open cluster tend to drift apart, so that stars from "old" open clusters are no longer clustered stars.
Our own sun probably arose in such a cluster, perhaps including some of the stars of the Big Dipper, that seem to move through space together with our sun.
M34 is a beautiful sight in binoculars or small telescopes, with the dozen brightest stars in the cluster standing out brilliantly.
www.stardoctor.org /openclusters.html   (164 words)

  
 M34 - Open Cluster in Perseus
M34 is a bright open cluster of stars in the constellation of Perseus.
The cluster is easily visible with the aid of binoculars and is readily resolved even in small amateur telescopes.
The cluster’s visual diameter is a little larger than that of the full Moon.
www.waid-observatory.com /m034-2006-01-04.html   (127 words)

  
 Observations of object "M34"
The Cluster was very obvious and the amount of stars in the FOV is always overwhelming to me. Even though the FOV in my telescope at my lowest power (30x) is about half of what it is in the binos, the number of stars is 4 times as much.
M34 open cluster has many faint stars in it.
In the binoculars it was a pretty little cluster, with a half dozen bright stars, especially 2 oriented roughly E-W toward the center with a bright fuzzy patch between them (presumably the unresolved core).
www.lies.com /aaol/view_obs.cgi?obj=m34   (300 words)

  
 Morgan Davis - Astronomy - Log
Every item attempted was found, even the faint open cluster, M73.
M34, M45, M42, N869, N884, Saturn, Jupiter, Perseid Meteors
Many of the brighter ones, such as M7 (Ptolemy's Cluster) were obvious with the naked eye.
www.morgandavis.net /pursuits/astro/bin/obs.cgi?year=2000&month=08   (2062 words)

  
 SKYWATCH   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Star clusters are just what they appear to be, as few as 20 to as many as several hundred stars grouped tightly together in a cluster.
What you will be looking at is a galactic cluster of relatively young stars, approximately 140 light-years away, that formed about a billion years ago (considering the age of the universe is estimated to be about 15 billion years old).
Also in the constellation of Taurus is another open cluster, the famous "seven sisters of Pleiades" (M45), so named because you can see seven (magnitude +3.0) stars with your naked eyes.
www.mv.com /ipusers/astron/swfeb93.htm   (759 words)

  
 Olle Eriksson's homepage   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
NGC 1931 was a combined star cluster and nebula very close to M36 but not very impressive neither.
I found the open star cluster M41 on the star charts and swung the telescope to bring it into view.
They were the three open clusters, M46, M47 and NGC 2423 and a planetary nebula NGC 2438 situated inside M46.
www.olle-eriksson.com /Default.aspx?page=Article&id=125   (2200 words)

  
 observatory
This is taken by jls on November 7, 2001 and it is M15 Globular Cluster
This is taken by jls on November 7, 2001 and it is M39 Open Cluster
This is taken by jls on November 7, 2001 and it is M34 Open Cluster
www.physics.ualr.edu /observatory/observatory.html   (184 words)

  
 Clusters
The image doesn't do the cluster justice since the field of view is so restricted on the TC255 chip.
This is another big cluster that is almost better in the view finder than in the scope itself, use your widest angle and lowest magnification eyepiece.
This was a much smaller cluster that had some nebulostiy in the center where I couldn't resolve stars all the way.
www.dharmaworks.net /Astronomy/clusters.html   (864 words)

  
 Deepsky observing report M16, M17, M18, M24, M22, M8, M11, IC 4756, NGC 6633, NGC 253, NGC 247, NGC 188, NGC 891
This beautiful object, a combination of an emission nebula (NGC 6618) and open cluster (also NGC 6618), was discovered by Chesaux in the spring of 1746, before it was rediscovered by Messier in June of the same year.
M11 is one of the richest and brightest open clusters.
There is an open cluster, NGC 188 that lies only 4° from Polaris, in the constellation of Cepheus.
www.backyard-astro.com /deepsky/2003_09_26/ITT.html   (2672 words)

  
 Comet Hale-Bopp Images - April 1997
The small open cluster M34 is visible near the coma.
It is also visible the open cluster M34 in Perseus.
The second one was taken with a 400 mm lens used wide open at f/5,6.
www2.jpl.nasa.gov /comet/images97043.html   (2374 words)

  
 [42.02] WIYN Open Cluster Study: BVRI CCD Photometry of a 40'x40' Region of the Young Open Cluster M34   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
We present broad band photometry of the young open cluster M34.
Observations were made under photometric conditions in the B, V, R, and I filters with the Kitt Peak 0.9m telescope in each of five 23'x23' fields, one centered on the cluster and four comprising a 2x2 montage.
This project falls under the auspices of the WIYN Open Cluster Study (WOCS), a collaboration between Indiana University, Yale University, the University of Wisconsin, and the National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO).
www.aas.org /publications/baas/v33n2/aas198/522.htm   (213 words)

  
 Cornell Astronomical Society
The faint stars in Cancer and the open cluster in Coma Berenices could be seen with the naked eye.
We looked at M35 and tried to find the other open cluster NGC 2158 nearby, but all that was seen was a loose association of stars.
NGC 7789, open cluster, nicknamed the "Magnificent Cluster".
astrosun.tn.cornell.edu /research/projects/CAS/log2002.html   (1513 words)

  
 Citebase - Rotational Studies of Late-Type Stars. VII. M34 (NGC 1039) and the Evolution of Angular Momentum and ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
We analyze Keck Hires observations of rotation in F, G, and K dwarf members of the open cluster M34 (NGC 1039), which is 250 Myr old, and we compare them to the Pleiades, Hyades, and NGC 6475.
A few K dwarfs in M34 are still rapid rotators, suggesting that they have undergone core-envelope decoupling, followed by replenishment of surface angular momentum from an internal reservoir.
Our comparison of rotation in these clusters indicates that the time scale for the coupling of the envelope to the core must be close to 100 Myr if decoupling does, in fact, occur.
www.citebase.org /cgi-bin/citations?id=oai:arXiv.org:astro-ph/0109159   (611 words)

  
 The Regina Messier Marathon 2001
It took a little bit of work to confirm I was looking at M52 and not one of the other open clusters in the area.
Next were the open clusters M67, M48 and M44.
Because I had spent and hour and a half in the Virgo cluster the weekend before, the Messier's were a breeze.
www.astrobuysell.com /paul/petriew2001.htm   (1736 words)

  
 Night of the Geminids
This was followed by the open cluster M103.
And, both are new objects to me. Since it was in the area, I decided to view the open cluster M34 in Perseus.
After scanning M44, I moved the scope down to a new object for me, the open cluster M67, also in Cancer.
www.mindspring.com /~jeffpo/geminid.htm   (1429 words)

  
 Departamento de AstrofĂ­sica (UCM), CĂșmulos Abiertos Jovenes / Young Open Clusters
M34 (NGC 1039) and the Evolution of Angular Momentum and Activity in Young Solar-Type Stars", Soderblom et al., 2001, ApJ 563, 334
- "Lithium in the Coma Berenices open cluster",
Open clusters with Hipparcos I. Mean astrometric parameters N.
www.ucm.es /info/Astrof/invest/actividad/cumulos.html   (3224 words)

  
 Art Russell's Monthly Messier Star-Hops; December #1
M34 is a natural continuation of the star-hop to
M34 as a moderately bright cluster of stars.
M34 will appear as a moderately large open cluster with 10 stars resolved.
education.gsu.edu /spehar/FOCUS/Astronomy/star-hop/Monthly/msh12-1.htm   (874 words)

  
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The double cluster, M31 and M33 were all very beautiful.
About five minutes later he approaches me and says, you were looking at the real M34, I was looking at the ghost of M34.
Then he showed me M35, a big open cluster, and NGC2158, a little starry smudge - both in the same view on his scope.
observers.org /reports/97.12.27.2.html   (644 words)

  
 The Abell Planetaries   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
From a bright 7th-magnitude star in the southeastern part of the cluster it's an easy star hop along a string of 10th-magnitude stars to a pair of stars of about the same brightness.
All but lost in the glare, and just northwest of the star itself, you may be able to spot a faint circular patch a bit more than half an arcminute wide.
This large soft planetary lies near NGC 7789, a wonderful open cluster in western Cassiopeia that is on many observers' list of favorites.
www.angelfire.com /id/jsredshift/abellpn.htm   (444 words)

  
 Cypress College TIE Images   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
M45 The Pleiedes Open Cluster in Taurus, blue filter, t=0.1s.
M52 dense Open Cluster in Cassiopeia, M=6.9, t=2s.
M34 Open Cluster, rich, in Pegasus, M=5.2, t=3s.
sem.cypresscollege.edu /~astronomy/archive/tieimages01.html   (783 words)

  
 Universe Today - What's Up This Week - Mar 7 - 13, 2005
Monday, March 7- As we open our week long tour of the "Messier Marathon", the late rise of the Moon tonight will be on the side of North American observers.
open cluster also in Perseus, located roughly halfway between the "Demon Star" Algol and lovely double Almach, Gamma Andromeda.
is a bright, compact globular cluster in Hydra that will appear as a "fuzzy star" to binoculars and a treat to the telescope.
www.universetoday.com /am/publish/whatsup_mar7_2005.html?732005   (4259 words)

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