Globular Cluster NGC 6934
These images are of the central region of NGC 6934, a globular cluster located 50,000 light years from Earth. Although this star cluster is very distant, it is still well within our Galaxy, the Milky Way.
Credit:Gemini Observatory, US National Science Foundation, and University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy
About the Image
Id: | geminiann99001a |
Type: | Collage |
Release date: | June 1, 1999, 5 a.m. |
Related announcements: | geminiann99001 |
Size: | 4134 x 2835 px |
About the Object
Name: | NGC 6934 |
Category: | Gemini Observatory |