Hubble has found a star cluster near the Earth

"The brightest stars in this image are adorned with prominent cross-shaped patterns of light, known as

"These are the most interesting artifacts in the image, they are caused by the structure of the telescope's camera, not the stars themselves.The path taken by starlight when it enters the telescope is slightly disturbed by its internal structure, resulting in bright objects being depicted as peaks of light."

Cluster NGC 6540

Wide Field Camera 3 and Advanced Camera for SurveysHubbles have different fields of view, which determine how much of the sky each instrument can observe. The new image was taken while NGC 6540 was within view of both instruments surveying the southern constellation of Sagittarius, the statement said.

Observations resulting inThe new image is part of a larger effort to help astronomers determine the age, shape and structure of globular clusters near the center of our Milky Way galaxy.

More than 30 years old, Hubble continues to make new discoveries and is working with the recently launched James Webb Space Telescope to study space in ever greater detail.

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