This image may not be used by or to promote the arms, nuclear power or tobacco industries or any religious organisation, or in any discriminatory way,

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This image may not be used by or to promote the arms, nuclear power or tobacco industries or any religious organisation, or in any discriminatory way, or to imply the endorsement by ESO of any product, service or activity Messier 7 star cluster. Optical image showing the bright star cluster Messier 7 (NGC 6475), which lies around 1000 light years from Earth in the constellation Scorpius. This cluster is one of the most prominent open clusters of stars in the sky and an important research target. Imaged by the Wide Field Imager on the MPG telescope at La Silla Observatory, Chile.

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