Cluster’s Advanced Age in Razor-sharp Focus
Gemini Observatory GeMS image of NGC 6624 revealing individual stars to the cluster’s core. The Cluster’s age as determined with this study is between 11.5-12.5 billion years old, which confirms that it formed when the Universe was only a fraction of its current age of about 13.8 billion years. Composite color image by Travis Rector, University of Alaska Anchorage.
Credit:Gemini Observatory/AURA.
About the Image
Id: | gemini1609b |
Type: | Observation |
Release date: | Oct. 12, 2016 |
Related releases: | gemini1609 |
Size: | 4696 x 4676 px |
About the Object
Name: | NGC 6624 |
Category: | Star Clusters |
Image Formats
Large JPEG
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Colors & filters
Band | Tele-scope |
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Gemini South GeMS |