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Astronomers discover a massive star cluster, of intermediate age, in the constellation Scutum

Posted: 02 Jun 2021 10:03 AM PDT

Researchers have discovered a massive cluster of stars of intermediate age in the direction of the Scutum constellation. This object, which has been named Valparaíso 1, lies some seven thousand light years away from the Sun, and contains at least fifteen thousand stars.