Glimmering Hubble Space Telescope photo shows stunning starburst effec

The slot iconic Hubble Space Telescope has captured a glimmering new photo of a densely packed region of stars located in the constellation Sagittarius. 

 

The grouping of stars is a globular cluster known as NGC 6558, which lies 23,000 light-years from Earth. At this distance, the cluster resides closer to the center of the Milky Way than Earth does, according to a statement from the European Space Agency (ESA),

which released the image May 16The new photo was taken by the Hubble Space Telescope's Advanced Camera for Surveys, which is designed to survey large areas of the sky at visible and red wavelengths. The telescope is an international collaboration between NASA and ESA. 

 

"Globular clusters like NGC 6558 are tightly bound collections of tens of thousands to millions of stars, and they can be found in a wide range of galaxies," ESA officials said in the statement. "As this observation shows, the stars in globular clusters can be densely packed; this image is thronged with stars in a rich variety of hues."