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The Bright Star Cluster IC 4651: Wide-field View | ESO

The Bright Star Cluster IC 4651: Wide-field View | ESO


This wide-field view of the sky around the cluster IC 4651 was created from photographic material forming part of the Digitized Sky Survey 2. The cluster itself is the clump of faint stars in the central part of the picture. The bright star at the left is Alpha Arae, one of the brightest stars in the constellation of Ara (The Altar).

Distance: 3,000 light years


Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)/Digitized Sky Survey 2

Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin

Release Date: August 19, 2015


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