Quintuplet Cluster
A bright open cluster of stars located
within 100 light-years of the center of the Milky Way Galaxy, that formed
about 4 million years ago and is now slowly dispersing. It is one of the
most massive open clusters yet discovered,
weighing about 10,000 solar masses, and is home to what is believed to one
of the brightest stars yet catalogued: the Pistol
Star. Because of obscuring dust between us and the galactic center,
the Quintuplet is only visible at infrared wavelengths. It is more dispersed
than the nearby Arches Cluster.
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• NEBULAE
AND STAR CLUSTERS
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