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Twinkle, twinkle many stars…

This new Hubble image features NGC 2660, an open star cluster in the constellation Vela.

Find out more about this new Hubble #StarrySights image: https://go.nasa.gov/3EOxg6U
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Hubble Spies Sparkling Spray of Stars in NGC 2660

This glittering group of stars, shining through the darkness like sparks left behind by a firework, is NGC 2660 in the constellation Vela, best viewed in the southern sky.
Andrea Gianopoulos (NASA)
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Nickskupien
Nickskupien
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Fun fact. The writer of this toot and the HST were both launched on the same day. 4/24/1990. We are forever linked
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DescartesWalksIntoABar
DescartesWalksIntoABar
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And how many of those stars are dead? That is what trips e out the most about space is how vast it is. So vast that light's speed seems like a crawl and it dawns on you that every time you look into the sky you are looking at millions of years into the past.

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