The Hubble Space Telescope captured a new image of Messier 30, a globular cluster located about 27,500 light-years away in the constellation Capricornus. NASA and the European Space Agency released the image on November 5, 2026.
The cluster takes its name from French astronomer Charles Messier, who cataloged M30 and other diffuse objects in the early telescopic era. Messier created his catalog to distinguish these objects from comets, which were of greater observational interest at the time.