esahubble_heic0608b August 17th, 2006
Credit: NASA, ESA and H. Richer (University of British Columbia)
Image of globular cluster NGC 6397 in the constellation Ara (the Altar). The cluster is home to a highly unusual system consisting of a fast spinning pulsar and a bloated red companion star.
Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA
Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0608b/
Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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