MAGELLANIC GEMSTONES IN THE SOUTHERN SKY (STScI-PRC06-17)

FOR RELEASE: 9:00 AM (EDT) April 18, 2006

PHOTO NO.: STScI-PRC06-17

MAGELLANIC GEMSTONES IN THE SOUTHERN SKY

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured the most detailed images to
date of the open star clusters NGC 265 and NGC 290 in the Small
Magellanic Cloud -- two sparkling sets of gemstones in the southern sky.
These images, taken with Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys, show a
myriad of stars in crystal clear detail. The brilliant open star
clusters are located about 200,000 light-years away and are roughly 65
light-years across. The images were taken in October and November 2004.

Image credit: European Space Agency & NASA
Acknowledgment: E. Olszewski (University of Arizona)

To see and read more about NGC 265 and NGC 290 on the Web, please visit:
http://hubblesite.org/news/2006/17
http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/html/heic0603.html

For additional information, please contact:
Søren Larsen
Utrecht University, The Netherlands
(phone) 011-31-30-25-35-204
(e-mail) or

Lars Lindberg Christensen
Hubble/ESA, Garching, Germany
(phone) 011-49-89-3200-6306
(cell phone) 011-49-173-3872-621
(e-mail) or

Ray Villard
Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Md.
(phone) 410-338-4514
(e-mail)

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