Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Ara (Ara)  ·  Contains:  NGC 6397
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NGC6397 The Blue Stragglers, Djt
NGC6397 The Blue Stragglers
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NGC6397 The Blue Stragglers

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Around 7200 light years away and is a very dense globular cluster with stars separated by just a few light weeks, whereas our suns nearest neighbor is according to the Hubble heritage project 4 light years away. As a result there tends to be the odd collision and where two stars collide its thought they merge into one known as a blue straggler.

To the lower right is where the first white dwarfs were imaged. Details on the heritage site

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NGC6397 The Blue Stragglers, Djt

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