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Animations of 47 Tucanae
47 Tucanae Animation
47 Tucanae Animation

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  • This animation zooms from ground-based optical views around the southern constellation of Tucana, to a Hubble Space Telescope image of the globular cluster 47 Tucanae, and finally rests on the X-ray image of the cluster's core taken with Chandra.
    (Animation: STScI/Honeywell/CXC/B.Preston)
    [Runtime = 0:22]
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Credit:
T.Dickinson
Still Photo
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Credit:
T.Dickinson
Still Photo
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Credit:
Anglo-
Australian
Obs.
Photo:
D.Malin
Still Photo
Jpeg Tiff PS
Credit:
NASA/STScI/
R.Gilliland
et al.
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Jpeg Tiff PS
Credit:
NASA/CfA/
J.Grindlay et al.


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