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This Hubble image shows star cluster M92. About 27,000 light-years away, it’s one of the oldest globular clusters in our galaxy.

Globular clusters are roughly spherical groupings of stars held together by their gravitational attraction: https://go.nasa.gov/41l5Jo8
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Messier 92

With an apparent magnitude of 6.3, M92 is one of the brightest globular clusters in the Milky Way and is visible to the naked eye under good observing conditions.
Rob Garner (NASA)
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I often wonder what the night sky would look like near the centre of one of these globular clusters

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