Star clusters near the center of the galaxy

Esahubble_opo9930a_1024

esahubble_opo9930a September 16th, 1999

Credit: Don Figer ( Space Telescope Science Institute) and NASA/ESA

Penetrating 25, 000 light-years of obscuring dust and myriad stars, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has provided the clearest view yet of a pair of the largest young clusters of stars inside our Milky Way galaxy, located less than 100 light-years from the very centre of the Galaxy. Having the equivalent mass greater than 10, 000 stars like our sun, the monster clusters are ten times larger than typical young star clusters scattered throughout our Milky Way. Both clusters are destined to be ripped apart in just a few million years by gravitational tidal forces in the galaxy's core. But in the brief time they are around, they shine more brightly than any other star cluster in the Galaxy.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9930a/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Arches Cluster IRAS 17430-2848 Quintuplet Cluster
Subject - General
Star > Grouping > Cluster
Esahubble_opo9930a_1280
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ID
opo9930a
Subject Category
E.3.6.4  
Subject Name
Arches Cluster, IRAS 17430-2848, Quintuplet Cluster
Credits
Don Figer ( Space Telescope Science Institute) and NASA/ESA
Release Date
1999-09-16T15:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9930a/
Type
Observation
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Instrument
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Bandpass
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Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
3001.0, 2401.0
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Rotation
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Quality
FITS Header
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Creator (Curator)
ESA/Hubble
URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City
Garching bei München
State/Province
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID
esahubble
Resource ID
opo9930a
Metadata Date
2019-10-07T11:41:29.593329
Metadata Version
1.1
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