File:Clearest View Yet of Massive Star Cluster (1992-11-60).tiff

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A new image processing technique has yielded the clearest view yet of an extraordinary star cluster located about 169,000 light years from Earth.

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English: A new image processing technique has yielded the clearest view yet of an extraordinary star cluster located about 169,000 light years from Earth. The new technique, called photometric reconstruction, was applied to a photograph of the star cluster Rl36 that was obtained with the Planetary Camera onboard the NASA Hubble Space Telescope. It reveals that there are at least 47 stars located within an area 1.6 light years across in Rl36. (One light year is approximately 5.8 trillion miles long.) In contrast, the Sun is about 4 light years from the nearest known star, Proxima Centauri.
Date 1 April 1992 (upload date)
Source Clearest View Yet of Massive Star Cluster
Author NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
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