Blue Stragglers in Globular Cluster 47 Tucanae
The core of globular cluster 47 Tucanae is home to many blue stragglers, rejuvenated stars that glow with the blue light of young stars. This ground-based telescope image shows the entire crowded core of 47 Tucanae, located 15, 000 light-years away in the constellation Tucana.
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About the Image
NASA press release
NASA caption
NASA caption
| Id: | opo9735c |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 29 October 1997, 06:00 |
| Size: | 567 x 518 px |
About the Object
| Name: | 47 Tuc, 47 Tucanae, NGC 104 |
| Type: | • Milky Way : Star : Grouping : Cluster : Globular |
| Distance: | 15000 light years |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Ultraviolet U |
300 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
| Optical B |
439 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
| Ultraviolet Mid-UV |
215 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
