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Dramatic Starscape Helps Astronomers Learn About Our Own Galaxy
Wednesday, May 21, 2014 6:50
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Star cluster NGC 3590 seen in a 2.2 -meter telescope located at the European Southern Observatory’s La Silla Observatory in Chile. Credit: ESO/G. Beccari
Such stars, much science! Shining in front of darker dust, this star cluster (NGC 3590) is about 7,500 light-years from Earth. And because the cluster is located in a spiral arm of the Milky Way, looking at the new European Southern Observatory can help astronomers figure out more about our how galaxy came to be.
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