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This region is home to some of the finest globular clusters in the sky. buff.ly/UuNlm5q
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#astronomy #stargazing #southernhemisphere #southernhemispherestargazing #globularclusters #starclusters #tucana
Exploring the Constellation Tucana
Take a closer look at the stars and deep sky objects in this southern constellation.
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April 3, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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I will NEVER get tired of watching #GlobularClusters #Globs #M15 build up on my ipad as i use the scope! Isn’t technology wonderful when it all comes together… #zwoastro #asiair 👏👏👏 and isn’t Nature stunning 🤩 #astrophotography #astro
August 16, 2024 at 10:09 PM
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Personal scan of a double page spread from a book titled Elements of Astronomy. Circa 1883.

#astronomy #star #stars #starclusters #globularclusters #space #cosmos #universe #science #book #vintage #antique #retro #nostalgia #boldfrontiers #tergoventus #nicolasraymond
April 26, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Catherine Hyde in Cambria, California, captured this wonderful image of globular cluster M53 this week. Thank you, Catherine! Globular clusters like this one orbit outside the disk of our galaxy and contain some of the oldest stars. Read about #globularclusters at: buff.ly/9YgMxse

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Dense globular star cluster Messier 53 shining as a bright, tightly packed sphere of stars against a dark, star-filled background.
March 27, 2026 at 2:33 PM
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#GalacticArchaeologists find #stars in the #MilkyWay came from another galaxy 12 billion years ago

#Gravity pulls an incoming #galaxy apart & spreads its stars through the larger system

Milky Way’s #GlobularClusters trace three distinct #AgeMetallicitySequences
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Galactic archaeologists find stars in the Milky Way came from another galaxy 12 billion years ago
The Milky Way contains a fossil record of galaxies it has absorbed.
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August 22, 2026 at 9:36 AM
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...omy #StellarPopulations #GlobularClusters #SpaceFacts #Cosmology #UniverseAge #StellarEvolution #StarClusters

February 3, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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☀️🔭 #Summer Is Here—And There's Lots to See! 🔭☀️
The days are long and the night skies are rich! From #globularclusters to glowing #nebulae, #summerskies are full of jaw-dropping sights.

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June 20, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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Tucana is home to some of the finest globular clusters in the sky.
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#astronomy #space #stars #observing #skygazing #stargazing #globularclusters #deepsky #deepskyobjects #tucana #southernhemisphereobserving
Exploring the Constellation Tucana
Take a closer look at the stars and deep sky objects in this southern constellation.
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December 17, 2024 at 3:36 PM
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...halo and offer clues about the formation and early evolution of the Milky Way. #globularclusters #milkywayhalo #darkmatter #galacticarcheology #stellarpopulations #galacticdynamics #halo #milkyway #galaxyformation #orbitals

February 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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#Globularclusters are tightly packed, symmetrical collections of stars. They orbit mostly in the extended stellar halos surrounding most #spiralgalaxies. Our own #MilkyWay has over 150 globular clusters with perhaps more hidden by galactic dust.

Read more: buff.ly/gx9NguJ

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Sphere of myriad of multicolored bright stars, very dense in the middle and falling off in density at the edges.
August 29, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Astronomy Picture from 15/07/2013

The Sombrero Galaxy from Hale

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130715.htm<a href="/hashtag/SombreroGalaxy" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#SombreroGalaxyr#M104x#SpiralGalaxya#Spacey#Astronomys#Astrophysicso#BlackHolel#VirgoConstellatione#Galaxy #Cosmologyo#DeepSpacee#HaleTelescopee#GlobularClustersC#DustLaneDustLane
Stunning image of the Sombrero Galaxy (M104), a spiral galaxy in the Virgo constellation. Its prominent dust lane and bright halo of stars and globular clusters create its iconic "sombrero" shape. The galaxy's center is thought to harbor a supermassive black hole. 50 million-year-old light from this galaxy is visible even with a small telescope.
June 6, 2025 at 6:23 AM
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...es about the history of mergers and the build-up of the Milky Way's stellar population over cosmic time. #stellarhalo #accretion #galacticmergers #globularclusters #chemicalevolution #kinematics #milkyway #galaxyformation #stellarpopulations #galacticarcheology

February 8, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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Astronomy Picture from 06/08/2008

NGC 1818: A Young Globular Cluster

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A stunning image of NGC 1818, a young globular cluster located in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). This relatively young cluster, only 40 million years old, contrasts sharply with the much older globular clusters found in our Milky Way galaxy. The image showcases the dense concentration of stars within the cluster against the backdrop of the vast cosmos.
April 21, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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#Astrophysics #AstrophysicsDivision #GlobularClusters
Hubble Digs Up Galactic Time Capsule
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the field of stars that is NGC 1786. This globular cluster is located in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a small satellite galaxy of the Milky Way Galaxy that is approximately 160,000 light-years away from Earth. NGC 1786 itself is in the constellation Dorado. It was discovered in […] The post Hubble Digs Up Galactic Time Capsule first appeared on VibeWire Magazine.
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July 18, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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Astronomy Picture from 25/02/1999

NGC 6712: Galactic Globular Cluster

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A composite image of NGC 6712, a globular star cluster in the constellation Scutum. This ancient cluster, approximately 23,000 light-years away, is slowly dissolving as its fainter stars are stripped away by the Milky Way's gravitational forces. The image showcases the dense concentration of millions of stars within the cluster.
February 19, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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Astronomy Picture from 16/06/2004

Elliptical Galaxy M87

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Stunning image of the giant elliptical galaxy M87, captured by the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope. Located in the Virgo Cluster, M87 is significantly larger than average galaxies and boasts an unusually high number of globular clusters visible as faint spots around its bright center. This image highlights the differences between elliptical and spiral galaxies.
May 22, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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#Astrophysics #AstrophysicsDivision #GlobularClusters
Hubble Visits Glittering Cluster, Capturing Its Ultraviolet Light
As part of ESA/Hubble’s 35th anniversary celebrations, the European Space Agency (ESA) shared new images that revisited stunning, previously released Hubble targets with the addition of the latest Hubble data and new processing techniques. ESA/Hubble released new images of NGC 346, the Sombrero Galaxy, and the Eagle Nebula earlier in the month. Now they are […] The post Hubble Visits Glittering Cluster, Capturing Its Ultraviolet Light first appeared on VibeWire Magazine.
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April 25, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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NASA's Hubble Reveals 500,000 Stars in Ancient Globular Cluster

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NASA's Hubble Reveals 500,000 Stars in Ancient Globular Cluster
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has released an image showcasing over 500,000 stars within Messier 3 (M3), a globular cluster in the Milky Way. This striking portrait, created to celebrate the United States' 250th anniversary, highlights M3's significance as a cosmic time capsule. The cluster contains rare RR Lyrae variable stars, which help astronomers measure distances by their predictable brightness cycles. Additionally, M3 hosts blue stragglers—stars that appear younger than their peers due to gravitational interactions. Scientists believe these anomalies may stem from a past cosmic merger between two globular clusters. Hubble's detailed observations contribute to understanding the Milky Way's evolutionary history, as these ancient star systems preserve records of galactic formation. The image is part of a broader Hubble Treasury program surveying half of the galaxy's known globular clusters, offering insights into how the Milky Way evolved over billions of years.
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July 7, 2026 at 1:17 AM
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What's a globular cluster? The Milky Way has about 150 earthsky.org/astronomy-es...
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What’s a globular cluster? The Milky Way has about 150
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August 16, 2024 at 12:30 PM