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Images taken from the NTU telescope
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This image shows M 34, which is an open cluster of stars. This means the hundreds of stars in this region are close together
and form a cluster.
The groups of stars tend to be relatively young in comparison to the ages of stars. M 34 is around 250 million years old.
This is much younger than the life span expected for our Sun, which is around 4.5 billion years.
M 34 is a cluster of stars within our own galaxy and is approximately 1,400 light-years away from us.
The image only shows the innermost area of this object, and was produced by the combination of five red, green, and blue images
that were each exposed for one minute.
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