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Caption: This Hubble Space Telescope image presents a view of the interiors of the densely packed globular cluster Terzan 9 which consists of millions of stars located close to the heart of our Milky Way galaxy. This globular cluster sits within the central galatic bulge amidst interstellar dust, which obscures light from these star clusters. This image is a combination of light seen in the visible and infrared parts of the electromagnetic spectrum. Multi-wavelength imaging of the color and brightness of stars helps determine their age and in turn age of the parent star cluster.

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Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, R. Cohen Credit Link
Related glossary terms: Globular Cluster , Star Cluster
Categories: Stars

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Arabic
Caption: صورة التقطت بواسطة تلسكوب هابل الفضائي تُظهر المساحات الداخلية للعنقود النجمي الكروي الكثيف طرزان 9 الذي يتكون من ملايين النجوم الموجودة بالقرب من قلب مجرتنا مجرة درب التبانة. يقع هذا العنقود الكروي داخل الانتفاخ المجري المركزي وسط الغبار البين نجمي، الذي يحجب الضوء عن هذه العناقيد النجمية. هذه الصورة عبارة عن مزيج من الضوء الذي رصد في مدى الاشعة المرئية والأشعة تحت الحمراء من الطيف الكهرومغناطيسي. يساعد التصوير متعدد الأطوال الموجية على تحديد عمر النجوم وبالتالي عمر العناقيد النجمية الأم.
Credit: حقوق الصورة تعود الى: وكالة الفضاء الاوربية/تلسكوب هابل و وكالة ناسا الفضائية، ر. كوهين
Related glossary terms: Globular Cluster , Star Cluster
Caption translation status: Not yet approved by a reviewer
Caption translators: Ali Al-Edhari
Caption reviewers: Ashraf Tadross

Italian
Caption: Questa immagine del telescopio spaziale Hubble presenta uno scorcio dell'interno dell'ammasso globulare Terzan 9, composto da milioni di stelle e situato vicino al cuore della nostra Via Lattea. Questo ammasso globulare si trova all'interno del rigonfiamento galattico centrale in mezzo alla polvere interstellare, che oscura la luce di questi ammassi di stelle. Questa immagine è una combinazione di luce nelle bande visibile e infrarossa dello spettro elettromagnetico. La rappresentazione a lunghezze d'onda multiple del colore e della luminosità delle stelle contribuisce a stabilire la loro età e, di conseguenza, l'età dell'ammasso stellare madre.
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, R. Cohen
Related glossary terms: Ammasso di stelle , Ammasso globulare
Caption translation status: Approved by a reviewer
Caption translators: Giuliana Giobbi
Caption reviewers: Rosa Valiante, Silvia Casu, Rodolfo Canestrari