Bedin 1 in NGC 6752
This composite image shows the location of the accidentally discovered dwarf galaxy Bedin 1 behind the globular cluster NGC 6752. The lower image, depicting the complete cluster, is a ground-based observation from the Digitized Sky Survey 2. The upper right image shows the full field of view of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. The upper left one highlights the part containing the galaxy Bedin 1.
Credit:ESA/Hubble, NASA, Bedin et al., Digitized Sky Survey 2
About the Image
| Id: | heic1903b |
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| Type: | Collage |
| Release date: | 31 January 2019, 16:00 |
| Related releases: | heic1903 |
| Size: | 2900 x 2826 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Bedin I |
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| Type: | Local Universe : Galaxy : Size : Dwarf |
| Distance: | 30 million light years |
| Category: | Galaxies |
