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The glowing, ghostly galaxy in this #HubbleFriday image is called NGC 6684.

Located 44 million light-years from Earth, it resides in the constellation Pavo! Find out more: https://go.nasa.gov/3OqgnUO
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It's #HubbleFriday time!

This week's new image shows the globular cluster NGC 6652. Globular clusters are roughly spherical groups of stars held together by their mutual gravitational attraction.

NGC 6652 is about 30 million light-years away: https://go.nasa.gov/3Oi5MLD
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Kick off the weekend with a relaxing view of the tranquil galaxy UGC 12295.

Shining in this new #HubbleFriday image, UGC 12295 is 192 million light-years away in the constellation Pisces.

Discover more about this image: https://go.nasa.gov/3rN4nFd
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Just checking in! 👀

Hubble sometimes checks in on our galactic neighbors, like the one featured in this #HubbleFriday view.

Known as ESO 174-1, this galaxy contains a bright cloud of stars, and a faint, meandering tendril of dark gas and dust: https://go.nasa.gov/46oEnjv
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Bound together ✨

Globular clusters, like the one seen in this #HubbleFriday image, are collections of tens of thousands of stars bound by their mutual gravitational attraction.

This cluster is NGC 6544, which is about 8,000 light-years away: https://go.nasa.gov/3XkhXeZ
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Have a happy #HubbleFriday!

This image shows the galaxy NGC 7292, which resides about 44 million light-years away.

NGC 7292 is irregular, meaning that it lacks the distinct spiral arms or elliptical shape that some galaxies have: https://go.nasa.gov/42EDDna
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A "jellyfish" galaxy swims through this #HubbleFriday image!

Known as J0206, its "tentacles" are long tendrils of star formation that trail behind the galaxy's disk.

Read more: https://go.nasa.gov/3oWoe3M
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About 26,000 light-years away, the globular star cluster NGC 6325 shines in this #HubbleFriday view.

Globular clusters are tightly bound collections of stars that contain anywhere from tens of thousands to millions of members: https://go.nasa.gov/3WetrQu
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What's better than one galaxy? A whole cluster of them!

This #HubbleFriday image features a galaxy cluster about nine billion light-years away! Explore more: https://go.nasa.gov/3M5WrWi
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650 million light-years away, the galaxy JO175 shines in this #HubbleFriday view!

JO175 is classified as a "jellyfish galaxy" due to the tendrils of star-forming gas and dust that trail behind it.

Find out more: https://go.nasa.gov/3pfV9zT
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Galaxy clusters are among the largest objects in the universe!

Studying them helps us learn more about the distribution of mysterious dark matter, which makes up most of a galaxy cluster's mass.

This #HubbleFriday view shows galaxy cluster ACO S520: https://go.nasa.gov/3LCZyFZ
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Take a look 260 million light-years away!

That's the distance to galaxy UGC 678, which shines in this week's #HubbleFriday image.

Find out more about this barred spiral galaxy: https://go.nasa.gov/3KV6611
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Have a stellar #HubbleFriday! ⭐

This image showcases the globular cluster NGC 2419. Globular clusters are roughly spherical groupings of stars bound together by their mutual gravitational attraction.

Explore more: https://go.nasa.gov/3UgX9TY
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About 390 million light-years away, the galaxy Z 229-15 shines in this #HubbleFriday image!

Its luminous heart is caused by a disk of material heating as it swirls toward the black hole at the galaxy's core: https://go.nasa.gov/40uKG1z
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Welcome to the galaxy JW100.

Located about 800 million light-years away, it resides in the constellation Pegasus.

Seen at the lower right of this #HubbleFriday image, JW100 is known as a jellyfish galaxy because of its "tendrils" of star-forming gas: https://go.nasa.gov/40fgqHB
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The hazy patch of stars on the right side of this image is actually a whole galaxy!

Seen in this #HubbleFriday view, the dwarf galaxy UGCA 307 resides about 26 million-light years away. The red bubbles of gas mark regions of recent star formation: https://go.nasa.gov/3z4ILop
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Happy #HubbleFriday!

This week’s image shows the galaxy NGC 5486, located 110 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major.

Pink wisps of star formation are seen threaded through NGC 5486, standing out from the galaxy’s diffuse core: https://go.nasa.gov/3ZSGWpO
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#WorldWildlifeDay 🤝 #HubbleFriday

This image shows a "jellyfish" galaxy called JO201.

As jellyfish galaxies move through space, gas is slowly stripped away – forming trails that look like tendrils illuminated by clumps of star formation!

Read more: https://go.nasa.gov/3YkC9Mu
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Cosmic contortions!

This #HubbleFriday image includes a cluster near the center that appears to be "stretching" nearby galaxies.

The cluster is a gravitational lens, magnifying the light from background objects with its powerful gravitational field: https://go.nasa.gov/3m2fNSP
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On a collision course 💥

This week’s #HubbleFriday image shows a spectacular trio of galaxies set to collide and eventually merge into one larger galaxy.

The galaxies, known to astronomers as SDSSCGB 10189, are within 50,000 light-years of one another: https://go.nasa.gov/3Z0YVK3
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