Zooming in on Messier 30
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Zooming in on Messier 30, which formed 13 billion years ago and was discovered in 1764 by Charles Messier. Located about 28 000 light-years away from Earth, this globular cluster — a swarm of several hundred thousand stars — is about 90 light-years across.
Credit:
Akira Fujii, Digitized Sky Survey 2, Bill Patterson and ESA/Hubble
About the Video
| Id: | heic0918a |
| Release date: | 23 December 2009, 19:00 |
| Related releases: | heic0918 |
| Duration: | 20s |
About the Object
| Type: | • Hubble Images Videos • Star Clusters Images/Videos • HD Videos |
