Click on the image for a full resolution version See this image also on Instagram   Messier 36, sometimes referred to as the Pinwheel Cluster, is an open cluster located 4300 light years away, in the constellation Auriga. It lies about ten times farther away compared with the Pleiades, M45, making it one of the … Continue reading Messier 36. NGC 1960. The Pinwheel Cluster