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Star Cluster Colours & Palettes

Globular and young star clusters seen by Hubble.

  • Omega Centauri

    Globular cluster

    The largest globular star cluster of the Milky Way. Explore its views, where their colours came from, and palettes you can use.

    Visible-light composite

  • Westerlund 2

    Young open cluster

    A young cluster of massive stars inside the Gum 29 nebula. Explore its views, where their colours came from, and palettes you can use.

    Multiwavelength composite

Colours belong to the images and models they were sampled from, not permanently to an object. Positions in the colour atlas are colours, not places in space.