Thursday, January 9, 2014

The above image shows the M7 star cluster with a backdrop of literally millions of stars. The M7 star cluster is located in the constellation Scorpius, and has existed for about 200 million years. There are an estimated 100 stars in the cluster, and it's first notings go back to the ancient Greeks. the constellation lies 1000 lightyears away. I was attracted to this picture because of the sheer number of stars in the background.

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