The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has produced the most detailed image so far of Messier 9, a globular star cluster located close to the centre of the galaxy. This ball of stars is too faint to see with the naked eye, yet Hubble can see over 250 000 individual stars shining in it.
The release, images and videos are available on:
http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/heic1205/
Kind regards,
ESA/Hubble Information Centre
The ESO Education and Public Outreach Department
16 March 2012
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