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Description This is Globular Cluster M15 as imaged by the Hubble Space telescope in December 1998. This cluster lies 32,000 light years away in the constellation Pegasus. An intermediate-mass black hole lies at the core, with a mass about 4,000 times that of the Sun.
Image Credit: NASA and The Hubble Heritage Team. (STSci/AURA)
Date 2 June 2006
Source http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/newsdesk/archive/releases/2002/18/image/b
Author NASA and The Hubble Heritage Team
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