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🧵 This splendid image from Hubble’s Messier Catalog shows only a portion of Messier 55 (M55 or NGC 6809), a globular cluster containing 100,000 stars. ➡️ science.nasa.gov/mission/hubb... Credit: NASA, ESA, A. Sarajedini (FAU), and M. Libralato (STScI, ESA, #JWST); Image Processing: G. Kober 🔭 🧪
May 6, 2025, 11:07 PM
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