20,000 Light Years Of Art

Photo credit: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), A. Nota (ESA/STScI) and the Westerlund 2 Science Team.

A cluster of thousands of stars, measuring between six and 13 light-years across, displays as a work of art across the night sky showing in the centre of this image from the Hubble Space Telescope. The cluster, called Westerlund 2, sits within the constellation, Carina which is 20,000 light-years away from Earth.