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Westerlund 2 is an obscured compact young star cluster (perhaps even a super star cluster [2]) in the Milky Way, with an estimated age of about one or two million years.It contains some of the hottest, brightest, and most massive stars known.
NGC 6357 is a diffuse nebula near NGC 6334 in the constellation Scorpius.The nebula contains many proto-stars shielded by dark discs of gas, and young stars wrapped in expanding "cocoons" or expanding gases surrounding these small stars.
Westerlund 1 (abbreviated Wd1, sometimes called Ara Cluster [6]) is a compact young super star cluster about 3.8 kpc (12,000 ly) away from Earth. It is thought to be the most massive young star cluster in the Milky Way, [4] and was discovered by Bengt Westerlund in 1961 [7] but remained largely unstudied for many years due to high interstellar absorption in its direction.
NGC 2264 is the designation number of the New General Catalogue that identifies two astronomical objects as a single object: the Cone Nebula, and the Christmas Tree Cluster. Two other objects are within this designation but not officially included, the Snowflake Cluster , [ 3 ] [ 4 ] and the Fox Fur Nebula . [ 5 ]
Lapland [a] New Forest was a short-lived winter wonderland theme park near Ringwood, Hampshire, UK, in 2008. [1] The park had been advertised as being a "winter wonderland" with a variety of exciting family events such as a Christmas market and a "magical tunnel of light", [2] but the majority of the promised attractions either malfunctioned or were of a very low quality.
Winter Wonderland is a piece of interactive fiction written by Laura A. Knauth. [1] The story is about the adventures of a young girl, named Gretchen, [1] in a gentle and nonthreatening winter-themed fantasy land. [2] It won the 1999 annual Interactive Fiction Competition. [3] [4]
President Joe Biden spoke on Sunday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as U.S. officials race to reach a Gaza hostage and cease-fire deal before Biden leaves office on Jan. 20.. Biden ...
Winter Wonderland may also refer to: Winter wonderland, a type of Christmas fair held mainly in the United Kingdom. Winter Wonderland, a 1946 American film; Winter Wonderland (Emilie-Claire Barlow album) Winter Wonderland (MU330 album) Winter Wonderland (Point of Grace album) Winter Wonderland (Paul Carrack album)