# @hubbleesa on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DaCqctQkqz6
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/67253979-hubbleesa-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-06-26T08:00:37.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Hubble Space Telescope (@hubbleesa) — https://gondola.cc/hubbleesa

## Caption

Our ESA/Hubble Picture of the Month features a starry chandelier 💡⁠
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🔴 This is the globular cluster NGC 6723, also known as the Chandelier Cluster. Each of its ‘lightbulbs’ is an individual star 27,000 light-years away in the constellation Sagittarius (the Archer) 🏹⁠
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🔴 Globular clusters contain some of the oldest stars in our galaxy 👴⭐ with some clusters nearly as old as the Universe itself! But exactly how globular clusters form is not yet known.⁠
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🔴 Observing programmes using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have revealed clues to the history of globular clusters like NGC 6723, which appears to have undergone two periods of star formation.⁠
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For more information check the link in bio.⁠
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📷 europeanspaceagency / hubbleesa & NASA , A. Sarajedini, G. Piotto⁠
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#ESA #Hubble

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