Helena Observatory,   North Alton, NS

Images: Open clusters

02-May-2026 03:08 ADT 02-May-2026 06:08 UTC

We are moving! In preparation for that, observations, both meteorological and astronomical, will be discontinued.
They will resume once we have settled in at the new location in Tupperville, likely in July.

Open clusters

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NGC 6883
2025-08-18

NGC 869 NGC 884 Double Cluster
2024-10-25

NGC 6910
2024-10-20

NGC 7686
2024-10-11

M 11 Wild Duck Cluster
2024-09-17

M 29
2024-09-15

NGC 6871
2024-09-05

NGC 7609
2023-05-30

NGC 2013
2022-12-03

M 45, Pleiades
2022-11-04

M 52
2022-10-12

NGC 7762
2022-10-11

NGC 6866
2022-10-11

NGC 7160
2022-10-09

NGC 6885
2022-09-12

NGC 6866
2022-09-12

NGC 6819, Fox Head Cluster
2022-09-10

NGC 7243
2022-08-15

NGC 6910
2022-06-29

NGC 6791
2022-06-07

NGC-1502
2021-10-16

NGC 457
2021-07-03

NGC 6882, NGC 6885 (Caldwell 37)
2021-06-21

NGC 6633
2021-06-18

NGC 7129, NGC 7142
2021-05-21

M-36
2021-03-31

M-38
2021-03-23

M67
2021-03-22

M50
2021-03-22

M46
2021-03-21

M44, Praesepe (Beehive Cluster)
2021-02-21

M37
2021-02-21

NGC 7789, Caroline's Rose
2020-09-25

Messier 29, "Cooling Tower" cluster
2020-09-01

Messier 39 open cluster
2020-08-28

NGC 869 and NGC 884, Perseus Double Cluster
2019-09-20

NGC6604, Sh2-54 and the Nested Egg nebula
2018-07-09

M45, Pleiades
2017-10-12

NGC 7243 (Caldwell 16) Open Cluster
2017-08-28

Sh2-54, NGC6604 and the Nested Egg nebula
2014-09-07

IC 1805, Heart Nebula, and Melotte 15, open cluster
2013-10-10

NGC 6946 (and NGC6939)
2012-07-09

M45, The Pleiades
2011-11-15

NGC 884 and NGC 869 (Perseus Double Cluster)
2011-10-22

Total images: 44