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Anthony Wood

See a trio of spectacular star clusters brighten the summer sky in August 2025

A mass of gold and blue stars are pictured shining against the blackness of space.

Warm mid-August summer nights offer prime conditions for spotting three magnificent star clusters visible to northern-hemisphere skywatchers in the coming months.

Star clusters are gravitationally bound groups of stars that formed from the same interstellar cloud. These stellar hives range in size from a dozen to hundreds of members and are categorized as open clusters or globular clusters.

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