Zoom into Star Cluster Westerlund 2 | Hubble

Zoom into Star Cluster Westerlund 2 | Hubble

This video shows a zoom from a wide-field ground-based view into Hubble’s close-up view of star cluster Westerlund 2.

Distance: 20,000 light years

Credit: N. Risinger, NASA, European Space Agency, Digitized Sky Survey 2, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), A. Nota (ESA/STScI), and the Westerlund 2 Science Team

Duration: 49 seconds

Release Date: April 23, 2015

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