Posted on Jan 30, 2023
APOD: 2023 January 30 – Globular Star Cluster NGC 6355 from Hubble
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Good morning, Rallypoint, and welcome to the January 30th edition of Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD): "Globular Star Cluster NGC 6355 from Hubble." Yes, Hubble. You didn't think the Webb telescope was the only one in operation (or that the Webb scientists got to have all the fun), did you? We stay in the constellation Ophiuchus today with this look at globular cluster NGC 6355, lying about 31,000 light years away towards our galactic center.
Researchers believe that globular clusters date back to the earliest days of the Universe. They are stable, tightly bound clusters of tens of thousands to millions of stars, and their mutual gravitational force give them their spherical shape. William Herschel discovered NGC 6355 on May 24, 1784.
Hubble captured this composite image earlier this month (January 2023), and today marks its debut APOD appearance. Here are some notes from the press release:
"With its vantage point above the distortions of the atmosphere, Hubble has revolutionised the study of globular clusters. It is almost impossible to distinguish the stars in globular clusters from one another with ground-based telescopes, but astronomers have been able to use Hubble to study the constituent stars of globular clusters in detail. This Hubble image of NGC 6355 contains data from both the Advanced Camera for Surveys and Wide Field Camera 3."
Researchers believe that globular clusters date back to the earliest days of the Universe. They are stable, tightly bound clusters of tens of thousands to millions of stars, and their mutual gravitational force give them their spherical shape. William Herschel discovered NGC 6355 on May 24, 1784.
Hubble captured this composite image earlier this month (January 2023), and today marks its debut APOD appearance. Here are some notes from the press release:
"With its vantage point above the distortions of the atmosphere, Hubble has revolutionised the study of globular clusters. It is almost impossible to distinguish the stars in globular clusters from one another with ground-based telescopes, but astronomers have been able to use Hubble to study the constituent stars of globular clusters in detail. This Hubble image of NGC 6355 contains data from both the Advanced Camera for Surveys and Wide Field Camera 3."
APOD: 2023 January 30 – Globular Star Cluster NGC 6355 from Hubble
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Thank you my space-exploration advocate friend and brother-in-Christ Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the Sunday, January 30, 2023 Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD): Globular Star Cluster NGC 6355 from Hubble.
Image: Globular Star Cluster NGC 6355 from Hubble; ESA/Hubble & NASA, E. Noyola, R. Cohen
APOD "Explanation: Globular clusters once ruled the Milky Way. Back in the old days, back when our Galaxy first formed, perhaps thousands of globular clusters roamed our Galaxy. Today, there are less than 200 left. Over the eons, many globular clusters were destroyed by repeated fateful encounters with each other or the Galactic center. Surviving relics are older than any Earth fossil, older than any other structures in our Galaxy, and limit the universe itself in raw age. There are few, if any, young globular clusters left in our Milky Way Galaxy because conditions are not ripe for more to form. The featured image shows a Hubble Space Telescope view of 13-billion year old NGC 6355, a surviving globular cluster currently passing near the Milky Way's center. Globular cluster stars are concentrated toward the image center and highlighted by bright blue stars. Most other stars in the frame are dimmer, redder, and just coincidently lie near the direction to NGC 6355."
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Image: Globular Star Cluster NGC 6355 from Hubble; ESA/Hubble & NASA, E. Noyola, R. Cohen
APOD "Explanation: Globular clusters once ruled the Milky Way. Back in the old days, back when our Galaxy first formed, perhaps thousands of globular clusters roamed our Galaxy. Today, there are less than 200 left. Over the eons, many globular clusters were destroyed by repeated fateful encounters with each other or the Galactic center. Surviving relics are older than any Earth fossil, older than any other structures in our Galaxy, and limit the universe itself in raw age. There are few, if any, young globular clusters left in our Milky Way Galaxy because conditions are not ripe for more to form. The featured image shows a Hubble Space Telescope view of 13-billion year old NGC 6355, a surviving globular cluster currently passing near the Milky Way's center. Globular cluster stars are concentrated toward the image center and highlighted by bright blue stars. Most other stars in the frame are dimmer, redder, and just coincidently lie near the direction to NGC 6355."
Kelley Stoltz - Star Cluster
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4bSAo5Mv9A
FYI COL Randall C. PO3 Edward Riddle SGM Major Stroupe SPC Tina Jones SFC Dr. Jesus Garcia-Arce, Psy.DMSgt Dee Ann P.PV2 Larry SellnowMaj Kim Patterson PO1 Tony Holland PO1 William "Chip" Nagel Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. SPC Michael Duricko, Ph.D CPL Douglas Chrysler SPC Woody Bullard SPC Michael Terrell SFC David Reid, M.S, PHR, SHRM-CP, DTM
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Maj William W. 'Bill' Price Fantastic astronomical information. Thanks for your continued posting of heavenly wonders.
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