Tag Archive for 'NGC 6426'

This Hubble image shows NGC 6426, a globular cluster some 67,000 light-years away in the constellation of Ophiuchus. Image credit: NASA / ESA / A. Dotter, Dartmouth College / Gladys Kober, NASA & Catholic University of America.

Hubble Peers into 13-Billion-Year-Old Globular Cluster

Jul 6, 2026 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have captured this vivid image of NGC 6426, an ancient globular cluster in the Milky Way’s outer...