Globular Star Cluster M14
This pair of images of a region in the globular star cluster M-14, (located 70,000 light-years away) clearly demonstrate the high spatial resolution of NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, as compared to the view from a ground-based telescope.
The image on the left, taken with the 4-meter telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile, has a resolution of 1.5 arc seconds. The image on the right, taken with European Space Agency's Faint Object Camera (FOC) aboard HST, yields stellar diameters of 0.08 arc second.
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About the Image
NASA press release
NASA caption
NASA caption
| Id: | opo9012a |
| Type: | Simulation |
| Release date: | 14 October 1990, 05:00 |
| Size: | 1900 x 1108 px |
About the Object
| Name: | M 14, Messier 14, NGC 6402 |
| Type: | • Milky Way : Star : Grouping : Cluster : Globular • Star Clusters Images/Videos |
| Distance: | 35000 light years |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Ultraviolet U |
342 nm | Hubble Space Telescope FOC |
| Optical B |
430 nm | Hubble Space Telescope FOC |
Notes: The image on the left, taken with the 4-meter telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile.
