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Westerlund 2 Star Cluster: Wide-field View (ground-based image)

Westerlund 2 Star Cluster: Wide-field View (ground-based image)


This is an image from the Digitized Sky Survey showing star cluster Westerlund 2 and its surroundings. 

Distance: 20,000 light years


Credit: NASA, European Space Agency, Digitized Sky Survey 2

Release Date: April 23, 2015


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