Terzan 1 Revisited
Terzan 1 is not a new target for Hubble — an image of the cluster was released back in 2015, taken by Hubble’s Wide Field Planetary Camera 2. That instrument was replaced by the Wide Field Camera 3 during the 2009 Hubble servicing mission. Wide Field Camera 3's superior resolving power and a wider field of view is obvious in this fantastically detailed image.
Terzan 1 is a globular cluster, a group of typically ancient stars tied tightly together by gravity, that lies about 22,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Scorpius.
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, R. Cohen
For more information, visit: esahubble.org/images/potw2241a/
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Terzan 1 Revisited
Terzan 1 is not a new target for Hubble — an image of the cluster was released back in 2015, taken by Hubble’s Wide Field Planetary Camera 2. That instrument was replaced by the Wide Field Camera 3 during the 2009 Hubble servicing mission. Wide Field Camera 3's superior resolving power and a wider field of view is obvious in this fantastically detailed image.
Terzan 1 is a globular cluster, a group of typically ancient stars tied tightly together by gravity, that lies about 22,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Scorpius.
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, R. Cohen
For more information, visit: esahubble.org/images/potw2241a/
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