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Jamie Carter

Space photo of the week: Hubble captures one of our galaxy's oldest objects

The dense starfields of globular cluster NGC 6652 sparkle in this star-studded image from the Hubble Space Telescope. (Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, A. Sarajedini, G. Piotto)

What is it? NGC 6652, a globular cluster containing some of the oldest stars in our galaxy.

Where is it? 30,000 light-years away in the constellation Sagittarius.

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