1. Star Clusters Yet another standard! Though, actually, Hubble used Globular Clusters as a standard to help prove that Andromeda was a Galaxy far far away

2. Star Clusters Smaller than Galaxies!!! Found in galaxies! Globular Clusters – a group of stars: –Like a globe – 100,000 to Millions of Stars –Orbit the galaxy, forming a Halo Open Clusters – a group of stars: –No specific shape – tens of stars to thousands of stars –Can be found anywhere in the galaxy – formed in the same location

4. Globular cluster

5. M22

6. Omega Centauri

7. Open Cluster M7

8. NGC 3293

9. Makalii Pleiades Subaru Mata alii

12. Another Pleiades

13. Disclaimer Aloha I put together these power points for use in my science classes. You may use them in your classes. Some images are public domain, some are used under the fair-use provisions of the copyright law, some are mine. Copyright is retained by the owners! Ted Brattstrom