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Inside Globular Cluster M15

Inside Globular Cluster M15
  • Object Name
    Object NameA name or catalog number that astronomers use to identify an astronomical object.
    Credit: P. Guhathakurta (UCO/Lick Observatory, UC Santa Cruz), B. Yanny (Fermi National Accelerator Lab), D. Schneider (Pennsylvania State Univ.), J. Bahcall (Inst. for Advanced Study), and NASA.
  • Release Date
    November 8, 1995
  • Science Release
    Hubble Peers Deep into the Crowded Heart of the Densest Known Star Cluster
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  • Credit
    Credit: P. Guhathakurta (UCO/Lick Observatory, UC Santa Cruz), B. Yanny (Fermi National Accelerator Lab), D. Schneider (Pennsylvania State Univ.), J. Bahcall (Inst. for Advanced Study), and NASA.

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Globular Star Cluster M15 (right) and Its Center (left)

Globular Star Cluster M15 (right) and Its Center (left)

This mosaic of the globular cluster M15 (fifteenth object in the Messier catalog of star clusters and nebulae) contains over 30,000 stars. The Hubble Space Telescope probed the core of M15, the most tightly packed cluster of stars in our galaxy, to look for evidence of either a...

Inside Globular Cluster M15 (with Label)

Inside Globular Cluster M15 (with Label)

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M15 Individual Image

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