BOUNDLESS EXPANSE 3D

Coma Star Cluster

OPEN CLUSTER · Berenice's hair
Coma Star Cluster
AI illustration of the real object
DISTANCE about 280 light yearsVISIBLE naked eye, as shimmering hair

A sprinkle of faint stars that ancient skywatchers saw as the shimmering hair of Queen Berenice, who according to legend sacrificed her locks to the gods. It is a real cluster, one of the nearest of all, so close that it spreads across several Moon widths and dissolves the moment you point a big telescope at it. Use your eyes instead.

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