esahubble_opo9735c October 29th, 1997
Credit: Rex Saffer (Villanova University) and Dave Zurek (STScI), and NASA/ESA
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.
Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA
Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9735c/
Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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