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Originally Posted by renormalised
The problem here is too many people have been sold on the pretty pics that Hubble normally shows off to the public, that when a mundane, not so spectacular shot like this turns up, everyone goes "Geez guys, that's not what we expected". 90% of the shots taken by Hubble are exactly like this. All those spectacular shots are mainly just for show, some science thrown in, but mainly to "impress the natives".
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I was just about to say something similar
The Hubble Space Telescope is Primeraly a science instrument, not just for taking pretty pictures
The aim of the picture was to show the types and density of the stars in the center of the cluster.
The blurb at the bottom explained this as such
