7 Stunning Pictures Of Star Cluster Taken By NASA Hubble Space Telescope

Published on 23 Oct at 5:08 pmUpdated on 23 Oct at 5:08 pm

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Oct 23, 2024

Messier 15

Messier 15 is a distant star cluster situated roughly 35,000 light-years away in the Pegasus constellation (The Winged Horse). This globular cluster is one of the oldest known, with an estimated age of around 12 billion years.

Credit: NASA-ESA

Stars in the Tarantula Nebula

The star cluster Hodge 301 in the Tarantula Nebula is an old formation, with many of its stars having already exploded as supernovae. The filaments in the upper left are the remnants, compressed by these powerful explosions. New stars are also being born in other parts of this image.

Credit: Hubble-Heritage-Team-AURA/STScI/NASA/ESA

Ancient Globule

This breathtaking image shows the globular cluster NGC 6535, located 22,000 light-years away in the constellation Serpens (The Serpent). The cluster spans one light-year across, showcasing its compact yet brilliant formation.

Credit: ESA/Hubble-NASA-Acknowledgement-Gilles-Chapdelaine

Colours of the Tarantula Nebula

Located 170,000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), the Tarantula Nebula is visible to the naked eye as a cloudy patch in the Southern sky. Near the centre is a massive star cluster called R136, consisting of extremely hot stars.

Credit: ESA/NASA-ESO-and-Danny-LaCrue

Star Cluster Trumpler 14

Captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, the star cluster Trumpler 14 is one of the largest collections of hot, massive, and luminous stars in the Milky Way. Some of the brightest stars in our galaxy are found in this impressive cluster.

Credit: NASA-ESA-Jess-Maz-Apellniz-Centro-de-Astrobiologa-CSIC-INTA-Spain

Cluster in the Orion Nebula

Deep within the stellar nursery of the Orion Nebula, the Hubble Space Telescope discovered a group of newborn brown dwarfs. Around 50 of these objects were found using Hubble’s near-infrared camera in the Trapezium cluster, located about 1,500 light-years from Earth.

Credit: C-R-ODell-and-S-K-Wong-Rice-University-and-NASA/ESA

NGC 6530

This image showcases a portion of the open cluster NGC 6530, appearing like a turbulent wall of gas and stars. NGC 6530 is a collection of thousands of stars located approximately 4,350 light-years from Earth, within the constellation Sagittarius.

Credit: ESA/Hubble-NASA-ESO-O-De-Marco-Acknowledgement-M-H-zsara