Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. Four million years ago the Quintuplet Cluster, pictured above , formed and is now slowly dispersing. Objects near our Galactic center are usually hidden from view by opaque dust . The young Quintuplet Cluster is one of the most massive open clusters yet discovered, but still much less massive than the ancient globular clusters that orbit in the distant halo. Some of the bright white stars visible above may be on the verge of blowing themselves up in a spectacular supernova .
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