Hubble finds young super star cluster, giant star
Hubble finds young super star cluster, giant star
The Hubble Space Telescope has honed in on a super star cluster known as Westerlund 1, 15,000 light-years away from Earth.
By Amy Wallace | March 10, 2017 at 11:27 AM
The Hubble Space Telescope has returned images of the young star cluster Westerlund 1
and one of the largest stars ever discovered, Westerlund 1-26.
Photo courtesy of ESA/Hubble & NASA
March 10 (UPI) -- NASA scientists have gotten a closer look at one of the largest stars ever discovered in a super star cluster, thanks to images from the Hubble Space Telescope.
A new image from Hubble has revealed a young super star cluster called Westerlund 1, home to a gigantic star known as Westerlund 1-26.
Westerlund 1 is a star cluster 15,000 light-years away from Earth in the Milky Way galaxy.
Stars are classified by their spectral type, surface temperature and luminosity. Westerlund 1-26 is a red supergiant with a radius over 1,500 times that of the sun.
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