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Hubble's Star Clusters - NASA Science

A collection of star clusters imaged by the Hubble Space TelescopeRed, white, and blue stars glitter like a sparkler being waved on a dark night in this image of globular. . . This glittering group of stars,. . .

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Hubble's Star Clusters - NASA Science

A collection of star clusters imaged by the Hubble Space TelescopeRed, white, and blue stars glitter like a sparkler being waved on a dark night in this image of globular. . . This glittering group of stars, shining through the darkness like sparks left behind by a firework, is NGC 2660 in. . . This 100 million-year-old globular cluster is located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way and. . . This 100 million-year-old globular cluster is located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way and. . . This striking Hubble Space Telescope image shows the densely packed globular cluster known as NGC 2210, which is situated in. . . The glittering globular cluster Terzan 12 — a vast, tightly bound collection of stars — fills the frame of this. . . The glittering, glitzy contents of the globular cluster NGC 6652 sparkle in this star-studded image. The core of the cluster. . . The teeming stars of the globular cluster NGC 6544 glisten in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. This. . . The densely packed globular cluster NGC 6325 glistens in this image. This concentrated group of stars lies around 26,000 light. . . The scattered stars of the globular cluster NGC 6355 are strewn across this image from the Hubble Space Telescope. NGC. . . This image from the Hubble Space Telescope captures a small portion of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). The SMC is. . . Looking like a glittering swarm of buzzing bees, the stars of globular cluster NGC 6440 shine brightly in this Hubble. . . In the top left corner of this starry sight, the globular cluster NGC 2031 shines brilliantly. This dense group of. . . This glittering gathering of stars is Pismis 26, a globular star cluster located about 23,000 light-years away. Many thousands of. . . A twinkling group of stars dominates the center of this Hubble Space Telescope image. NGC 2002 is an open star. . . Against a backdrop littered with tiny pinpricks of light glint a few, brighter stars. This whole collection is NGC 1858,. . . Open cluster KMHK 1231 is a group of stars loosely bound by gravity. Seen in the upper right of this. . . Bright, blue-white stars of the open cluster BSDL 2757 pierce through the rusty-red tones of gas and dust clouds in. . . The muted red tones of the globular cluster Liller 1 are partially obscured in this Hubble Space Telescope image by. . . While the constituent stars of globular clusters all form at approximately the same location and time, it turns out that. . . This image from the Hubble Space Telescope captures the sparkling globular cluster NGC 6569 in the constellation Sagittarius. Hubble explored. . . Terzan 2 is a globular cluster in the constellation Scorpio. Globular clusters are stable, tightly gravitationally bound clusters of tens. . . This star-studded image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows the heart of the globular cluster NGC 6638 in the constellation. . . This scintillating image showcases the globular cluster NGC 6540 in the constellation Sagittarius. A globular cluster is a stable, tightly. . . This glittering gathering of stars is the globular cluster NGC 6558. NGC 6558 is closer to the center of the. . . A glittering multitude of stars in the globular cluster Terzan 4 fill this image from the Hubble Space Telescope. Globular. . . Many colorful stars are packed close together in this Hubble Space Telescope image of the globular cluster NGC 1805. This. . . Open star cluster NGC 330 lies around 180,000 light-years away inside the Small Magellanic Cloud. The cluster — which is. . . This Hubble Space Telescope image shows the globular cluster NGC 6380, which lies around 35,00 light-years from Earth, in the. . . Terzan 1 is not a new target for Hubble — an image of the cluster was released back in 2015,. . . This ancient stellar jewelry box, a globular cluster called NGC 6397, glitters with the light from hundreds of thousands of. . . Almost like snowflakes, the stars of the globular cluster NGC 6441 sparkle peacefully in the night sky, about 13,000 light-years. . . Globular star cluster NGC 2203 contains lots of astronomical treats that have helped astronomers puzzle together the lifetimes of stars. . . . This image shows the Hubble telescope's close-up look at a swarm of 35, 000 stars near the cluster's central region. . . . This image from the Hubble Space Telescope reveals an ancient, glimmering ball of stars called NGC 1466. It is a. . . This beautiful image features the globular star cluster M75. The cluster has a highly concentrated core, with the majority of. . . M62 is known for being one of the most irregularly shaped globular clusters in our galaxy. This might be because. . . M28 is a globular cluster located 17,900 light-years away from Earth in the constellation Sagittarius. It was discovered by French. . . French astronomer Charles Messier discovered the globular cluster M3 in 1764, mistaking it for a nebula without any stars. This. . . The first globular cluster to be added to the Messier catalog, M2 is located roughly 37,000 light-years from Earth in. . .

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