This is the Pismis 24 cluster located inside nebula NGC 6357 in Scorpius.
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Image taken with the Hubble space telescope of Pismis 24 in the lobster nebula. The cluster contains some of the most massive stars known; this Hubble image revealed that the “most massive” star was actually two stars in a binary system. Both are independently among the most massive stars known.
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This is the Pismis 24 cluster located inside nebula NGC 6357 in Scorpius.
Image taken with the Hubble space telescope of Pismis 24 in the lobster nebula. The cluster contains some of the most massive stars known; this Hubble image revealed that the “most massive” star was actually two stars in a binary system. Both are independently among the most massive stars known.