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      M55
      Wallpaper author:
      Pedro Sánchez

      04 Dec 2025

      M55

      M55 is estimated to be about 12.5 billion years old, and thus contains very old stars, mostly of spectral types F to K and evolved red giants.

      Despite being in Sagittarius, where dust is abundant, M55 is located in a relatively dust-free region, so extinction in its direction is less than typical for that constellation.

      Dataset from which the image was processed

      M55

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      M55