July 29
Star Cluster Trumpler 14
Observed in 2006
Called Trumpler 14, this cluster of stars is located 8,000 light-years away in a huge star-forming region known as the Carina Nebula. The cluster is only 500,000 years old and has one of the highest concentrations of bright, massive stars in the entire Milky Way.
Image credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble Space Telescope