Dense Collection of Stars Crammed Together in the Galactic Bulge (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Dense Collection of Stars Crammed Together in the Galactic Bulge

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This is a small section of Hubble's view of the dense collection of stars crammed together in the galactic bulge. The region surveyed is part of the Sagittarius Window Eclipsing Extrasolar Planet Search (SWEEPS) field and is located 26,000 light-years away.

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Credits: NASA/ESA/STScI/SWEEPS Science Team

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