![A spherical mass of stars fills the scene. Bright-white stars are concentrated at image center. They taper off as you move toward the image's edge. Yellow and blue-white stars dot the region beyond the core.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/c104-1-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
Caldwell 104 (NGC 362)
Caldwell 104, also cataloged as NGC 362, is a globular star cluster located about 27,000 light-years away. Among the earliest homesteaders of the universe, globular clusters are snow-globe-shaped islands of several hundred thousand (or more) ancient stars.
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