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COLLECTION NAME:
NASA Spitzer Space Telescope Collection
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nasaNAS~12~12
NASA Spitzer Space Telescope Collection
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Title:
Artist's Impression of Massive Star Cluster
title
Artist's Impression of Massive Star Cluster
Title
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Description:
This is an illustration of one of the most massive star clusters within our Milky Way Galaxy. The cluster is ablaze with the glow of 14 rare red supergiant stars. Interspersed among the supergiants are young blue stars. The cluster contains an estimated 20,000 stars and is 20 times more massive than typical clusters in our galaxy. The cluster is located in the direction of the Galaxy's center. Its visible light is obscured by interstellar dust, but infrared telescopes easily detect the cluster's glow. If it could be seen in visible light, it would resemble this illustration. In this perspective we are looking back across the Milky Way, in the direction of the Sun, 18,900 light-years away. The cluster is only 8 to 10 million years old, young enough for astronomers to see most of the red supergiants before they explode as supernovae. One supernova remnant is located in the cluster at far left. In the background at the 12:00 position is a distant region of stars called W 42.
description
This is an illustration of one of the most massive star clusters within our Milky Way Galaxy. The cluster is ablaze with the glow of 14 rare red supergiant stars. Interspersed among the supergiants are young blue stars. The cluster contains an estimated 20,000 stars and is 20 times more massive than typical clusters in our galaxy. The cluster is located in the direction of the Galaxy's center. Its visible light is obscured by interstellar dust, but infrared telescopes easily detect the cluster's glow. If it could be seen in visible light, it would resemble this illustration. In this perspective we are looking back across the Milky Way, in the direction of the Sun, 18,900 light-years away. The cluster is only 8 to 10 million years old, young enough for astronomers to see most of the red supergiants before they explode as supernovae. One supernova remnant is located in the cluster at far left. In the background at the 12:00 position is a distant region of stars called W 42.
Description
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Press Release:
Mystery Solved: High-Energy Fireworks Linked to Massive Star Cluster [ http://www.spitzer.… ]
press_release
Mystery Solved: High-Energy Fireworks Linked to Massive Star Cluster [ http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/Media/releases/ssc2006-03/release.shtml ]
Press Release
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Release Credit:
NASA, ESA and A. Schaller (for STScI)
release_credit
NASA, ESA and A. Schaller (for STScI)
Release Credit
false
Related links:
Hubble Space Telescope Press Release [ http://hubblesite.o… ] GLIMPSE Feature Article [ http://www.spitzer.… ] 2MASS [ http://www.ipac.cal… ]
related_links
Hubble Space Telescope Press Release [ http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/newsdesk/archive/releases/2006/03/ ] GLIMPSE Feature Article [ http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/features/articles/20051220.shtml ] 2MASS [ http://www.ipac.caltech.edu/2mass/ ]
Related links
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Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
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Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
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facet_where:
Milky Way Galaxy
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Milky Way Galaxy
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Image #:
ssc2006-03b
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ssc2006-03b
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original url:
http://sscws1.ipac.…
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http://sscws1.ipac.caltech.edu/Imagegallery/image.php?image_name=ssc2006-03b
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SPD-SPITZ-ssc2006-03b
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SPD-SPITZ-ssc2006-03b
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