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Blue Stragglers in Globular Cluster 47 Tucanae


Depicts: 47 Tucanae, NGC 104
Copyright: Rex Saffer (Villanova University) and Dave Zurek (STScI), and NASA

This ground-based telescope image shows the entire crowded core of 47 Tucanae, located 15,000 light-years away in the constellation Tucana.
Last Update: 1 September 2019
16-Feb-2026 13:49 UT

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