![This black and white image is dominated by a single large, bright star with x-shaped beams of light emanating from it across the image. Other, smaller stars are visible around it.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ngc6087_wfc3_ir_bwcrop_final-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
C89 (NGC 6087)
This collection of stars captured in infrared light by Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 is part of Caldwell 89, also known as NGC 6087. This open cluster consists of approximately 40 stars, the brightest of which (near the center here) is the variable star S Normae.
Credits: NASA, ESA, and A. Riess (Johns Hopkins University); Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America)
Image CreditNASA, ESA, and A. Riess (Johns Hopkins University); Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America)
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