Starry Bulges Yield Secrets to Galaxy Growth (Hubble and Ground-Based View)
Astronomers have combined information from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope's visible- and infrared-light cameras to show the hearts of four spiral galaxies peppered with ancient populations of stars. The top row of pictures, taken by a ground-based telescope, represents complete views of each galaxy. The blue boxes outline the regions observed by the Hubble telescope.
Credit:Allan Sandage (The Observatories of the Carnegie Institution of Washington) and John Bedke (Computer Sciences Corporation and the Space Telescope Science Institute), NASA and John Trauger (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), NASA, ESA, and C. Marcella Carollo (Columbia University)
About the Image
| Id: | heic9902c |
| Type: | Collage |
| Release date: | 6 October 1999, 15:00 |
| Related releases: | heic9902 |
| Size: | 3001 x 2047 px |
About the Object
| Name: | NGC 5689, NGC 5838, NGC 5965, NGC 7537 |
| Type: | Local Universe : Galaxy : Component : Bulge |
| Category: | Galaxies |
Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
|---|---|
| Infrared |
Hubble Space Telescope
NICMOS |
| Optical |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |