Metal-poor Globular Star Cluster RBC EXT8 (IMAGE)

W. M. Keck Observatory

Metal-poor Globular Star Cluster RBC EXT8

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The RBC EXT8 globular cluster orbits the outskirts of the Andromeda Galaxy, a close companion to our Milky Way Galaxy, located 2.5 million light-years from Earth.

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ESASky/CFHT

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