Oct 15, 2024, 07:51 PM IST

8 viral images of stars clusters by NASA Hubble telescope

Pravrajya Suruchi

This globular cluster, which is around 100 million years old, is situated in the Large Magellanic Cloud—a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way known as a nursery for billions of stars.

This galaxy is commonly known as the "Black Eye" or "Evil Eye" galaxy because of the dark band of dust that stretches across one side of its luminous core.

This environment is anything but tranquil. Intense ultraviolet radiation and fierce stellar winds have carved out a massive cavity in the surrounding gas and dust, providing a clear view of the cluster within.

This image of Caldwell 69 features ultraviolet, visible, and infrared observations taken by Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 in 2019 and 2020.

Nestled in the constellation Virgo (The Virgin) and about 50 million light-years away from Earth, the galaxy NGC 4535 offers a breathtaking view that captivates the eye.

In the galaxy on the left, the vibrant blue region is a collection of clusters and associations of young, hot blue stars that have formed as a result of the tidal forces from gravitational interactions.

In 1995, the Hubble Space Telescope embarked on a remarkable experiment by focusing on a dark, seemingly empty area of the sky, roughly the size of a pinhead held at arm's length, located near the Big Dipper. This observation lasted for 10 consecutive days.

NGC 6355 is a globular cluster situated in the inner regions of our Milky Way galaxy. It is located less than 50,000 light-years away from Earth in the constellation Ophiuchus.

Source: NASA