Dazzling Diamonds of Trumpler 14 (IMAGE)

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Dazzling Diamonds of Trumpler 14

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This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the star cluster Trumpler 14. One of the largest gatherings of hot, massive and bright stars in the Milky Way, this cluster houses some of the most luminous stars in our entire galaxy.

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NASA & ESA, Jesús Maíz Apellániz (Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia)

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