The Hubble Space Telescope, celebrating the 24th anniversary of its launch on April 29, has transmitted another beautiful image of the universe to Earth.
This image shows the globular cluster Messier 75, or M 75. This stellar agglomeration is located in the constellation Sagittarius at a distance of approximately 67 light-years from us.
Globular clusters contain a large number of stars. Such objects are tightly bound by gravity and orbit the galactic center as a satellite. Curiously, globular clusters include some of the earliest stars to appear in the galaxy.
Messier 75 has a very high stellar population density. Approximately 400 thousand luminaries are concentrated in the "heart" of this structure. The luminosity of the cluster is 180 times that of our Sun.
The cluster was discovered by Pierre Méchain in 1780. The published image was taken using the Advanced Camera for Surveys aboard the Hubble.
Source: 3dnews.ru