The Hubble Telescope reveals a detailed image of the Open Cluster (PHOTO)

The new image captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Telescope gives us a detailed look at the open space cluster known as NGC 2164.

Open clusters are loose clusters of tens to thousands of stars. These objects are named in this way due to the fact that individual stars tend to be easily observed through a telescope, reach Science News magazine.

The stars in the open cluster have the same origin, as they all formed in the same elementary molecular cloud.

Given their open and diffuse structure, the clusters in question are unstable, and the stars that compose them tend to scatter within a few million years.

For this reason, hmm Found in galaxies Spirals and irregularities, in which new stars are formed, but not in elliptical galaxies, which do not produce new stars and in which any long-open clusters would have broken.

NGC 2164, also known as ESO 57-62 or BMG 191, is a small open mass in the southern part of the constellation Dorado.

NGC 2164 is located within one of the closest neighbours Near the Milky Way The space galaxy known as the Large Magellanic Cloud […] It is considered a satellite galaxy because it is gravitationally bound to the Milky Way,” explained the Hubble astronomers, who are cited in the article.

Similarly, experts also noted that “NGC 2164 aligns well with the Large Magellanic Cloud – the space galaxy contains about 700 open clusters, along with another 60 globular clusters,” quoting Science News.

NS orb Under study, it was first discovered on September 27, 1826 by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop.