A clutch of golden stars wrapped in glowing purple clouds of gas.
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The star cluster NGC 3603, about 20,000 light years away in the constellation Carina.
Image: NASA, ESA, R. O'Connell (UVA), F. Paresce (Nat. Inst. for Astrophysics, Bologna), E. Young (USRA/Ames Research Center), WFC3 Science Oversight Committee, Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
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