M30’s Sparkling Stars
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This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image released Nov. 5, 2026, provides a lesson in galactic history. The sparkling collection of stars is named Messier 30 (M30) after the French astronomer, Charles Messier , who cataloged M30 and other diffuse objects that might be mistaken for comets in the early telescopes of Messier’s time. M30 lies about 27,500 light-years away in the constellation Capricornus.
Read more about this group of stars and what scientists can learn from it.
Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, M. Libralato, G. Piotto, A. Sarajedini