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Globular cluster NGC 4147 — image from the Hubble Space Telescope

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Globular cluster NGC 4147

March 7, 2019 · ESA/Hubble · Coma Berenices

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This globular cluster, NGC 4147, seen with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, was one of many which were used by astronomers to measure the total mass of the Milky Way.

NGC 4147 is located about 60 000 light-years from Earth in the northern constellation of Coma Berenices (the Berenice's hair).

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