Posted on 11/19/2013 4:58:15 PM PST by SunkenCiv
Explanation: Stars, like bees, swarm around the center of bright globular cluster M15. This ball of over 100,000 stars is a relic from the early years of our Galaxy, and continues to orbit the Milky Way's center. M15, one of about 170 globular clusters remaining, is noted for being easily visible with only binoculars, having at its center one of the densest concentrations of stars known, and containing a high abundance of variable stars and pulsars. Released only recently, this sharp image taken by the Earth-orbiting Hubble Space Telescope spans about 120 light years. It shows the dramatic increase in density of stars toward the cluster's center. M15 lies about 35,000 light years away toward the constellation of the Winged Horse (Pegasus).
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[Credit: ESA, Hubble, NASA]
What, no ping? I enjoy your posts.
Oooops.......I was too quick to pull the trigger. Sorry.
That one is even messier than the last one!
Good luck selling night lights there.
I love messier objects, although they have nothin’ on my housekeeping skills.
“Oh my God....it’s full of stars.”
The Messier, the better, as they prove the need for Heisenberg Compensators.
SPECTACULAR!
Ahhhhh.....the beautiful stars call to us to come to them, but we are shipwrecked from listening to the Sirens of the Democrat party.
“Here’s $50,000 for being a make-believe pig farmer.”
Impressive, although no backgrounder this time...
(Migraine-inducer ;)
I’ll start counting them and get back.
Enormous, isn’t it?
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