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Globular Cluster in the Andromeda Galaxy

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Hubble Space Telescope has captured a view of a globular cluster called G1, a large, bright ball of light in the centre of the photograph consisting of at least 300, 000 old stars.

Credit: Michael Rich, Kenneth Mighell, and James D. Neill (Columbia University), and Wendy Freedman (Carnegie Observatories), and NASA/ESA

 

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Press Release
Id:opo9611a
Object:Andromeda Galaxy, M 31, NGC 224, IRAS 00400+4059, Messier 31
Type:Star Cluster
Instru-ment:WFPC2
Width:573
Height:573

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