View of a globular cluster (artist’s impression)
This video shows an artist’s animation of a globular cluster. Globular clusters are huge balls of old stars that orbit the centres of galaxies. Many of them were once little galaxies, cannibalised by their larger companions over the history of the Universe.
Credit:NASA, ESA, and M. Kornmesser
About the Video
Id: | heic1321c |
Release date: | 14 November 2013, 16:00 |
Related releases: | heic1321 |
Related announcements: | ann1311 |
Duration: | 27 s |
Frame rate: | 30 fps |
About the Object
Type: | Milky Way : Star : Grouping : Cluster : Globular |
Category: | Star Clusters |
For Broadcasters
Full HD Broadcast 1080p
194.6 MB checksum
HD Broadcast 720p/25
64.4 MB
Broadcast SD
137.7 MB checksum