Astronomers Discover New Cluster

A team of astronomers has discovered a closely-packed group of about 100,000 stars 30,000 light years away in the inner parts of our galaxy. This previously unknown cluster, that detected using the European Southern Observatory’s New Technology Telescope at La Silla, Chile, is about seven light years wide but contains approximately 100,000 stars for a total estimated mass of 65,000 times the mass of the Sun. Check out the ESO press release for more information.