Lower left: small image, faint stars on a black background. Larger blue-white stars dot the scene but are concentrated at image center. Right side: A black background is filled with small, reddish-orange stars and scattered with larger blue-white stars.

M7 Inset

The smaller, ground-based image (lower left) taken by the European Southern Observatory, illustrates the small area of Messier 7 that Hubble observed.

Credits: NASA, ESA, D. Bennett (University of Maryland), K. Sahu (STScI), and ESO; Image Processing: Gladys Kober
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TakenMarch 20, 2023
Image CreditNASA, ESA, D. Bennett (University of Maryland), K. Sahu (STScI), and ESO; Image Processing: Gladys Kober
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