This striking image shows the densely packed globular cluster known as NGC 2210, which is situated in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). The LMC lies about 157 000 light-years from Earth, and is a so-called satellite galaxy of the Milky Way, meaning that the two galaxies are gravitationally bound. Globular clusters are very stable, tightly bound clusters of thousands or even millions of stars. Their stability means that they can last a long time, and therefore globular clusters are often studied in order to investigate potentially very old stellar populations.
Related posts
-
NASA Astronaut Don Pettit, Crewmates Complete Space Station Expedition
The Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft is seen as it lands in a remote area near the town... -
NASA’s oldest active astronaut lands with space station crewmates on his 70th birthday
NASA’s oldest active astronaut has redefined traveling “home” for your birthday, landing from the International Space... -
Lunt SunOculars 8×32 solar binoculars review
Specifications Optics: Uncoated internal dye filter Design: Roof prism Magnification: 8x Objective lens diameter: 1.3 inches...