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Close-up on 'blue blobs'


Date: 08 January 2008
Satellite: Hubble Space Telescope
Depicts: Large young star clusters in Arp's Loop
Copyright: NASA, ESA, and D. de Mello (Catholic University of America/GSFC)

A Hubble Space Telescope visible light close-up of bright blue star clusters in Arp's Loop in the M81-M82 galaxy group.
Last Update: 1 September 2019
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