The Quintuplet Cluster near the Milky Way Galaxy's Center | Hubble

The Quintuplet Cluster near the Milky Way Galaxy's Center | Hubble

This 4-million-year-old cluster, The Quintuplet Cluster, is more dispersed than the Arches Cluster. It has stars on the verge of blowing up as supernovae. It is the home of the brightest star seen in the Milky Way, called the Pistol star.

Distance: 25,000 light years

Credit: Don Figer (Space Telescope Science Institute) and NASA/European Space Agency (ESA)

Release Date: September 16, 1999

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