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Globular Clusters at the Core of NGC 1275
- Object NameObject NameA name or catalog number that astronomers use to identify an astronomical object.NGC 1275
- Release DateJanuary 16, 1992
- Science ReleaseNASA’s Hubble Space Telescope Discovers Young Star Clusters in Giant Galaxy
- CreditScience Release Credit: J. Holtzman/NASA; Investigators: Jon Holtzman (UCSC), Sandra M. Faber (UCSC), Edward Shaya (U. Maryland), Tod R. Lauer (NOAO), Edward Groth (IAS, Princeton), Deidre Hunter (Lowell Obs.) and the Wide Field Planetary Camera Instrument Team
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Globular Clusters at the Core of Elliptical Galaxy NGC 1275
This NASA Hubble Space Telescope Wide Field/Planetary Camera image of the center of the giant elliptical galaxy NGC 1275, reveals about 50 massive and compact globular clusters. This color picture is a composite of red and green images. Though this is an approximation of a "true...
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Mar 14, 2025
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