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Globular Cluster in Caldwell 17

This image shows a globular star cluster located in the dwarf galaxy Caldwell 17 (or NGC 147). It was imaged by Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) in visible and infrared light.

 

Credit: NASA, ESA, and H. Bond (Pennsylvania State University); Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America)

 

For Hubble's Caldwell catalog website and information on how to find these objects in the night sky, visit:

 

www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/hubble-s-caldwell-catalog

 

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Uploaded on August 31, 2020