Dense globular star cluster Messier 53 shining as a bright, tightly packed sphere of stars against a dark, star-filled background.

Catherine Hyde in Cambria, California, captured this wonderful image of globular cluster M53 this week. Thank you, Catherine! Globular clusters like this one orbit outside the disk of our galaxy and contain some of the oldest stars. Read about #globularclusters at: buff.ly/9YgMxse

📸 Catherine Hyde.

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Baby galaxies under construction: Glorious cosmic discovery Baby galaxies under construction might be the mysterious Little Red Dots found by the James Webb Space Telescope. Recent studies suggest ...

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New Simulations Reveal Hidden Class of Star Systems in the Milky Way

EDGE simulations on UK’s DiRAC supercomputer resolve structures down to ~10 light‑years and predict ‘globular‑cluster‑like dwarfs’, with candidates like dwarf Reticulum II. getnews.me/new-simulations-reveal-h... #globularclusters #darkmatter

Sphere of myriad of multicolored bright stars, very dense in the middle and falling off in density at the edges.

#Globularclusters are tightly packed, symmetrical collections of stars. They orbit mostly in the extended stellar halos surrounding most #spiralgalaxies. Our own #MilkyWay has over 150 globular clusters with perhaps more hidden by galactic dust.

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Hubble Digs Up Galactic Time Capsule This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the field of stars that is NGC 1786. This globular cluster is located in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a small satellite galaxy of the Milky Way Galaxy that is approximately 160,000 light-years away from Earth. NGC 1786 itself is in the constellation Dorado. It was discovered in […] The post Hubble Digs Up Galactic Time Capsule first appeared on VibeWire Magazine.

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Hubble Observations Give “Missing” Globular Cluster Time to Shine This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image features a dense and dazzling array of blazing stars that form globular cluster ESO 591-12. NASA, ESA, and D. Massari (INAF — Osservatorio di Astrofisica e Scienza...

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Hubble Observations Give “Missing” Globular Cluster Time to Shine A previously unexplored globular cluster glitters with multicolored stars in this NASA Hubble Space Telescope image. Globular clusters like this one, called ESO 591-12 or Palomar 8, are spherical collections of tens of thousands to millions of stars tightly bound together by gravity. Globular clusters generally form early in the galaxies’ histories in regions rich in gas […] The post Hubble Observations Give “Missing” Globular Cluster Time to Shine first appeared on VibeWire Magazine.

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Globular Clusters: The Vera Rubin Observatory is Just Getting Started The long-awaited Vera Rubin Observatory has delivered some preliminary observations of the globular cluster 47 Tucanae field. 47 Tuc is the Milky Way's second-brightest globular cluster, second to Omega...

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Hubble Observations Give “Missing” Globular Cluster Time to Shine Explore Hubble Hubble Home Overview About Hubble The History of Hubble Hubble Timeline Why Have a Telescope in Space? Hubble by the Numbers At the Museum FAQs Science Hubble Science Science Themes Science...

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Stunning image of the Sombrero Galaxy (M104), a spiral galaxy in the Virgo constellation. Its prominent dust lane and bright halo of stars and globular clusters create its iconic "sombrero" shape. The galaxy's center is thought to harbor a supermassive black hole. 50 million-year-old light from this galaxy is visible even with a small telescope.

Astronomy Picture from 15/07/2013

The Sombrero Galaxy from Hale

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130715.html


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Stunning image of the giant elliptical galaxy M87, captured by the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope. Located in the Virgo Cluster, M87 is significantly larger than average galaxies and boasts an unusually high number of globular clusters visible as faint spots around its bright center. This image highlights the differences between elliptical and spiral galaxies.

Astronomy Picture from 16/06/2004

Elliptical Galaxy M87

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap040616.html


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Personal scan of a double page spread from a book titled Elements of Astronomy. Circa 1883.

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Hubble Visits Glittering Cluster, Capturing Its Ultraviolet Light As part of ESA/Hubble’s 35th anniversary celebrations, the European Space Agency (ESA) shared new images that revisited stunning, previously released Hubble targets with the addition of the latest Hubble data and new processing techniques. ESA/Hubble released new images of NGC 346, the Sombrero Galaxy, and the Eagle Nebula earlier in the month. Now they are […] The post Hubble Visits Glittering Cluster, Capturing Its Ultraviolet Light first appeared on VibeWire Magazine.

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A stunning image of NGC 1818, a young globular cluster located in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). This relatively young cluster, only 40 million years old, contrasts sharply with the much older globular clusters found in our Milky Way galaxy. The image showcases the dense concentration of stars within the cluster against the backdrop of the vast cosmos.

Astronomy Picture from 06/08/2008

NGC 1818: A Young Globular Cluster

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080806.html


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Exploring the Constellation Tucana Take a closer look at the stars and deep sky objects in this southern constellation.

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A composite image of NGC 6712, a globular star cluster in the constellation Scutum. This ancient cluster, approximately 23,000 light-years away, is slowly dissolving as its fainter stars are stripped away by the Milky Way's gravitational forces. The image showcases the dense concentration of millions of stars within the cluster.

Astronomy Picture from 25/02/1999

NGC 6712: Galactic Globular Cluster

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap990225.html


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Exploring the Constellation Tucana Take a closer look at the stars and deep sky objects in this southern constellation.

Tucana is home to some of the finest globular clusters in the sky.
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I will NEVER get tired of watching #GlobularClusters #Globs #M15 build up on my ipad as i use the scope! Isn’t technology wonderful when it all comes together… #zwoastro #asiair 👏👏👏 and isn’t Nature stunning 🤩 #astrophotography #astro

What’s a globular cluster? The Milky Way has about 150

What's a globular cluster? The Milky Way has about 150 earthsky.org/astronomy-es...
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