Imagens do Mundo - Sitios lindos de Portugal - Dornes

Dornes, no caminho dos Templarios, é a capital da peninsula pequena que forma o rio Zêzere. Paisagens magnificas pouco diferentes dos tempos medievais... E a igreja de Nossa Senhora de Pranto...

Astronomy picture of the day - 2016 July 13 - M7: Open Star Cluster in Scorpius

M7: Open Star Cluster in Scorpius 
Image Credit & Copyright: Roberto Colombari

Explanation: M7 is one of the most prominent open clusters of stars on the sky. The cluster, dominated by bright blue stars, can be seen with the naked eye in a dark sky in the tail of the constellation of the Scorpion (Scorpius). M7 contains about 100 stars in total, is about 200 million years old, spans 25 light-years across, and lies about 1000 light-years away. The featured wide-angle image was taken near the city of Belo Horizonte in Brazil. The M7 star clusterhas been known since ancient times, being noted by Ptolemy in the year 130 AD. Also visible are a dark dust cloud on the lower right, and, in the background, literally millions of unrelated stars towards the Galactic center.

And now, it's time to say goodbye - See you later!

CIAO, CIAO, CIAO!!!