# @nasa on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CtADC4lJVO2
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/6979905-nasa-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-06-02T20:04:49.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA (@NASA) — https://gondola.cc/NASA

## Caption

Stars, in your multitudes. ✨

Our orbiting NASAHubble telescope captured this view of the Pismis 24 star cluster back in 2006. It's part of the NGC 6357 Nebula, seen here in orange-red. The strong stellar winds coming from the cluster's young stars are pushing the nebula's materials away.

The heart of this cluster holds an unusual object: Pismis 24-1, once thought to be one of the largest stars in our galaxy with a mass as great as 300 Suns. However, further Hubble observations uncovered that Pismis 24-1 was actually two separate stars, each about 100 solar masses in size.

Credit: NASA, ESA and Jesús Maíz Apellániz (Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, Spain)

Image description: This Hubble photo is visually split into two equally-sized areas. On the right side, a handful of bright white-and-blue stars stand out against the background of space. On the left side, swirling clouds of orange, red, and black make up a gigantic nebula, with a rounded tendril appearing to extend towards the starfield on the right. This image has been rotated 90 degrees clockwise from its original orientation.

#NASA #Stars #Nebula #Astrophotography #Hubble #NASAHubble

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