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Click to enlargeM-13: Globular Cluster in Hercules
About 1,000,000 stars are packed into a volume of space that typically contains 10 stars. Sometimes a black hole resides in the center of the cluster.

Most globular clusters are among the oldest objects in the universe, and orbit within the spherical halo of their host galaxy.

 
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