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Collection:
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NASA Great Images in Nasa Collection
Collection
NASA Great Images in Nasa Collection
Collection
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Title:
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A Swarm of Ancient Stars
Title
A Swarm of Ancient Stars
Title
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Full Description:
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This stellar swarm is M80 (NGC 6093), one of the densest of the 147 known globular star clusters in the Milky Way galaxy. Located about 28,000 light-years from Earth, M80 contains hundreds of thousands of stars, all held together by their mutual gravitational attraction. Globular clusters are particularly useful for studying stellar evolution, since all of the stars in the cluster have the same age (about 15 billion years), but cover a range of stellar masses. Every star visible in this image is either more highly evolved than, or in a few rare cases more massive than, our own Sun. Especially obvious are the bright red giants, which are stars similar to the Sun in mass that are nearing the ends of their lives.
Full_Description
This stellar swarm is M80 (NGC 6093), one of the densest of the 147 known globular star clusters in the Milky Way galaxy. Located about 28,000 light-years from Earth, M80 contains hundreds of thousands of stars, all held together by their mutual gravitational attraction. Globular clusters are particularly useful for studying stellar evolution, since all of the stars in the cluster have the same age (about 15 billion years), but cover a range of stellar masses. Every star visible in this image is either more highly evolved than, or in a few rare cases more massive than, our own Sun. Especially obvious are the bright red giants, which are stars similar to the Sun in mass that are nearing the ends of their lives.
Full Description
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Date:
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07/01/1999
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NASA Center:
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Hubble Space Telescope Center
NASA_Center
Hubble Space Telescope Center
NASA Center
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Subject Category:
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Deep Space Studies
Subject_Category
Deep Space Studies
Subject Category
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Subject Category:
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Hubble
Subject_Category
Hubble
Subject Category
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Keywords:
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Space
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Keywords:
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Telescope
Keywords
Telescope
Keywords
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Keywords:
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Hubble
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Keywords:
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HST
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Keywords:
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Milky
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Keywords:
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Way
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Keywords:
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NGC
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Keywords:
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M80
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Keywords:
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6093
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Keywords:
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Globular
Keywords
Globular
Keywords
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Keywords:
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Cluster
Keywords
Cluster
Keywords
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Audience:
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General Public
Audience
General Public
Audience
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facet_what:
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Earth
facet_what
Earth
facet_what
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facet_what:
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Sun
facet_what
Sun
facet_what
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facet_what:
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Aura
facet_what
Aura
facet_what
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facet_what:
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Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
facet_what
Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
facet_what
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facet_where:
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Milky Way Galaxy
facet_where
Milky Way Galaxy
facet_where
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facet_when:
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07-01-1999
facet_when
07-01-1999
facet_when
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facet_when_year:
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1999
facet_when_year
1999
facet_when_year
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Image #:
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PR99-26
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original_url:
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original_url
original_url
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UID:
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SPD-GRIN-GPN-2000-00 0930
UID
SPD-GRIN-GPN-2000-00 0930
UID
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Center:
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HSTI
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Center Number:
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PR99-26
Center_Number
PR99-26
Center Number
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GRIN DataBase Number:
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GPN-2000-000930
GRIN_DataBase_Number
GPN-2000-000930
GRIN DataBase Number
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Creator-Photographer:
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NASA, The Hubble Heritage Team, STScI, AURA
Creator-Photographer
NASA, The Hubble Heritage Team, STScI, AURA
Creator-Photographer
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Original Source:
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DIGITAL
Original_Source
DIGITAL
Original Source
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