The Westerlund 1 star cluster

This view combines x-ray data from Chandra, infrared data from JWST, and optical data from Hubble.

Credits: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; Optical: NASA/ESA/STScI; IR: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI; Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/L. Frattare

https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/an-eye-catching-star-cluster/

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Today’s Image of the Day from the European Space Agency features Westerlund 1 – a young star cluster located in the Milky Way galaxy...
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Westerlund 1: Stars with the brilliance of a million suns

Today's Image of the Day from the European Space Agency features Westerlund 1 - a young star cluster located in the Milky Way galaxy. 

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NASAWebbがミルキーウェイのスーパースタークラスター、Westerlund 1の輝きを捉えた写真。100,000太陽の質量を持つ6光年未満の領域に収まるっぽい。 #NASAWebb #Westerlund1
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You're a super star (cluster) @NASAWebb recently caught this dazzling glimpse of Westerlund 1, a super star cluster in the Milky Way that packs the mass of (up to) 100,000 Suns in a region less than six light-years across.

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JWST Picture of the Month: the exotic stellar population of open cluster Westerlund 1

Credits: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, M. Zamani (ESA/Webb), M. G. Guarcello (INAF-OAPA) and the EWOCS team

https://esawebb.org/images/potm2409a/

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The exotic stellar population of Westerlund 1

The exotic stellar population of Westerlund 1

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NASAのチャンドラからの新しい画像で、「超」星団が輝く
https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/super-star-cluster-shines-in-new-look-from-nasas-chandra/

NASAのChandra X線観測所が観測したWesterlund 1超星団の最新データ。10億年前は多くの星が誕生し、Westerlund 1は1万倍の太陽質量を持つ若い星団。13,000光年先に位置し、

星や惑星形成の研究対象になる
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'Super' Star Cluster Shines in New Look From NASA's Chandra - NASA

Westerlund 1 is the biggest and closest “super” star cluster to Earth. New data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, in combination with

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