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Better than nearly all of the amateur images of NGC 300 that I have seen.
See the overluminous star cluster at the very centre of this galaxy?
Nuclear star clusters are similar to globular star clusters in their structure, but they often contain some stars of younger ages than globulars do....furthermore, they can be several mags more luminous than even the most luminous "old" globular star clusters.
I used to know how luminous the nuclear star cluster is, in this galaxy, but have forgotten it. It is one of the very best of these objects for observation, due to the cluster's high luminosity and the relative proximity of this galaxy.
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