White Dwarf Stars in M4
A view of globular cluster M4 (fourth object in the Messier catalog of star clusters and nebulae). The nearest globular cluster to Earth (7, 000 light-years away), and containing more than 100, 000 stars, M4 was the target of a Hubble Space Telescope search for white dwarf stars.
Credit:
Kitt Peak National Observatory 0.9-meter telescope, National Optical Astronomy Observatories; courtesy M. Bolte (Universityof California, Santa Cruz)
About the Image
NASA press release
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| Id: | opo9532b |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 28 August 1995, 06:00 |
| Size: | 1000 x 1000 px |
About the Object
| Name: | M 4, Messier 4, NGC 6121 |
| Type: | • Milky Way : Star : Grouping : Cluster : Globular • Stars Images/Videos • Star Clusters Images/Videos |
| Distance: | 5500 light years |
