Astronomers photographed star cluster NGC 376. reporting• European site Hubble.
This cluster (or cluster) is located outside the Milky Way in the Small Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy. It is 200,000 light-years away from our galaxy, which is relatively close by galactic standards.
Despite being a dwarf galaxy, it contains hundreds of millions of stars and its observational properties make it a treasure trove of astronomers. “Because the Small Magellanic Cloud is so close and shines so brightly, it makes it possible to study phenomena that are difficult to study in more distant galaxies,” NASA experts explain. This is also true for NGC 376, thanks to which scientists can observe such star clusters from the side. Because NGC 376 belongs to open clusters where stars are not as closely connected as globular stars, despite the distance, the telescope makes it possible to distinguish almost any star. The total mass of the cluster is 3400 times the mass of the Sun.
Studying the structure of this cluster will help astronomers answer fundamental questions about star formation.
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