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Globular Cluster M 15

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This picture shows the central portion of M15, photographed with Hubble's Wide Field Planetary Camera 2. The image is about 28 light-years across.

Credit: P. Guhathakurta (UCO/Lick Observatory, UC Santa Cruz), B. Yanny (Fermi National Accelerator Lab), D. Schneider (Pennsylvania State Univ.), J. Bahcall (Inst. for Advanced Study), and NASA/ESA

 

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Id:opo9506b
Object:M 15, NGC 7078, Messier 15
Type:Star Cluster
Instru-ment:WFPC2
Width:864
Height:891

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