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                                    2025 May 23   
      
                              NGC 6366 vs 47 Ophiuchi   
                    Image Credit & Copyright: Massimo Di Fusco   
      
      Explanation: Most globular star clusters roam the halo of our Milky Way   
      galaxy, but globular cluster NGC 6366 lies close to the galactic plane.   
      About 12,000 light-years away toward the constellation Ophiuchus, the   
      cluster's starlight is dimmed and reddened by the Milky Way's   
      interstellar dust when viewed from planet Earth. As a result, the stars   
      of NGC 6366 look almost golden in this telescopic scene, especially   
      when seen next to relatively bright, bluish, and nearby star 47   
      Ophiuchi. Compared to the hundred thousand stars or so gravitationally   
      bound in distant NGC 6366, 47 Oph itself is a binary star system a mere   
      100 light-years away. Still, the co-orbiting stars of 47 Oph are too   
      close together to be individually distinguished in the image.   
      
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