Stars in globular cluster NGC 6362, Hubble Space Telescope (HST) image. Tightly bound by gravity, globular clusters are composed of old stars, which,

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Stars in globular cluster NGC 6362, Hubble Space Telescope (HST) image. Tightly bound by gravity, globular clusters are composed of old stars, which, at around 10 billion years old, are much older than the Sun. These stars form the centre of globular cluster NGC 6362. The core of a globular cluster contains a high concentration of stars with different colours. Here, some stars appear younger and bluer than their companions, and they have been named blue stragglers. NGC 6362 contains many of these stars. NGC 6362 is located about 25,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation of Ara. This image was created combining ultraviolet, visual (optical) and infrared images taken with the Advanced Camera for Surveys and the Wide Field Camera 3 of the HST. Image published in 2012.

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