Hubble stuns once again with an image of a super star cluster called Westerlund 1. A massive star resides here, dwarfing Earth's sun handily.<\/p>\n
Westerlund 1, the glittering star cluster that is home to a truly massive hypergiant star, takes center stage in this photo bythe Hubble Space Telescope. <\/p>\n
Located about 15,000 light-years away,Westerlund 1 is the cosmic homeofthe giant star Westerlund 1-26, a monster red supergiant star (also known as a hypergiant). The star is so big, its radius is more than 1,500 times that of our sun, NASA officials said in an image description. <\/p>\n
\"IfWesterlund 1-26 were placed where our sun is in our solar system, it would extend out beyond the orbit of Jupiter,\" NASA officials wrote. <\/p>\n
At around 3 million years old, the Westerlund 1 cluster is a young collection of stars when compared toour own sun which is roughly 4.6 billion years old. This super star cluster likely was birthed in a singleflurry of events making all the stars residing here roughly the same age and composition, NASA officials explained. <\/p>\n
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