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current	04:34, 1 April 2019		3,678 × 3,697 (7.73 MB)	commons>Fabian RRRR	== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information \|Description='''The largest of its kind Star clusters are commonly featured in cosmic photoshoots, and are also well-loved by the keen eye of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. These large gatherings of celestial gems are striking sights — and the subject of this Picture of the Week, Messier 2, is certainly no exception. Messier 2 is located in the constellation of Aquarius (The Water-Bearer), about 55 000 light-years away. It is a globular cluster, a...

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Credit/Provider	ESA/Hubble & NASA, G. Piotto et al.
Source	ESA/Hubble
Short title	The largest of its kind
Image title	Star clusters are commonly featured in cosmic photoshoots, and are also well-loved by the keen eye of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. These large gatherings of celestial gems are striking sights — and the subject of this Picture of the Week, Messier 2, is certainly no exception. Messier 2 is located in the constellation of Aquarius (The Water-Bearer), about 55 000 light-years away. It is a globular cluster, a spherical group of stars all tightly bound together by gravity. With a diameter of roughly 175 light-years, a population of 150 000 stars, and an age of 13 billion years, Messier 2 is one of the largest clusters of its kind and one of the oldest associated with the Milky Way. This Hubble image of Messier 2’s core was created using visible and infrared light. Most of the cluster’s mass is concentrated at its centre, with shimmering streams of stars extending outwards into space. It is bright enough that it can even be seen with the naked eye when observing conditions are extremely good.
Usage terms	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Date and time of data generation	06:00, 1 April 2019
Software used	Adobe Photoshop CC 2018 (Windows)
File change date and time	16:45, 19 January 2019
Date and time of digitizing	20:45, 20 June 2018
Date metadata was last modified	17:45, 19 January 2019
Unique ID of original document	xmp.did:4e519698-dfd4-644a-bef4-1d8860d419d0
Keywords	Messier 2
Contact information	http://www.spacetelescope.org Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2 Garching bei München, None, D-85748 Germany
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