# @nasa on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CQHTyqop7Vu
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/11733435-nasa-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2021-06-14T20:35:24.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA (@NASA) — https://gondola.cc/NASA

## Caption

🔭 Things are looking up! 🌌

Meet Westerlund 2. The glittering tapestry of young stars flaring to life in this NASAHubble image resembles an exploding aerial shell in a fireworks display. The stellar nursery is difficult to observe, because it is enshrouded in dust. But Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 peered through the dusty veil in near-infrared light, giving astronomers a clearer view of the nebula. Hubble’s sharp vision resolves the dense concentration of stars in the central cluster, which measures about 6 to 13 light-years across. 

The giant star cluster is only about 2 million years young and contains some of our galaxy’s hottest, brightest, and most massive stars known to us on Earth!

Credit: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), A. Nota (ESA/STScI), and the Westerlund 2 Science Team

#NASA #Hubble #Galaxy #Stars #Westerlund #Space #Starclusters #Nebula #HubbleClassic #MondayMotivation

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nasa, hubble, starclusters, space, nebula, galaxy, westerlund, hubbleclassic, stars, mondaymotivation

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