If you live in NGC 2264, the Christmas Tree Cluster, I guess it's always Christmas. 🔭
chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/n...
If you live in NGC 2264, the Christmas Tree Cluster, I guess it's always Christmas. 🔭
chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/n...
This galaxy is located only 76 million light-years away from us.
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This galaxy is located only 76 million light-years away from us.
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[image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, R. Wade et al.]
[image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, R. Wade et al.]
A nearly perfect circle full of young blue stars surrounds a spheroid of mostly older red giant stars. In between is a gap that appears almost completely empty.
Delightfully distinctive.
📸 Credit: NASA/STScl/AURA
A nearly perfect circle full of young blue stars surrounds a spheroid of mostly older red giant stars. In between is a gap that appears almost completely empty.
Delightfully distinctive.
📸 Credit: NASA/STScl/AURA
The star cluster Pismis 24 lies within the much larger emission nebula called NGC 6357, located about 8,000 light-years from Earth. The cluster is seen here above a small portion of the nebula.
The star cluster Pismis 24 lies within the much larger emission nebula called NGC 6357, located about 8,000 light-years from Earth. The cluster is seen here above a small portion of the nebula.
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