Zooming in on Globular Star Cluster Messier 4 | ESO

Zooming in on Globular Star Cluster Messier 4 | ESO

This video starts with a broad view of the spectacular central parts of the Milky Way. We close in on the constellation of Scorpius (The Scorpion). Close to its brightest star, Antares, lies the globular star cluster Messier 4, one of the closest of these rich stellar systems to the Earth. The final detailed views of the cluster come from the Wide Field Imager attached to the MPG/ESO 2.2-meter telescope at the European Southern Observatory's La Silla Observatory in Chile followed by a close up of the central region from the NASA/European Space Agency Hubble Space Telescope.

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)/European Space Agency (ESA)/NASA/Digitized Sky Survey 2/Nick Risinger

Acknowledgement: European Southern Observatory (ESO) Imaging Survey

Duration: 1 minute

Release Date: September 5, 2012

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