Hubble identifies source of ultraviolet light in an old nebula
Hubble Space Telescope's exquisite resolution has allowed astronomers to resolve, for the first time, hot blue stars deep inside an elliptical galaxy. The swarm of nearly 8, 000 blue stars resembles a blizzard of snowflakes near the core (lower right) of the neighboring galaxy M 32, located 2.5 million light-years away in the constellation Andromeda.
Credit:NASA/ESA and Thomas M. Brown, Charles W. Bowers, Randy A. Kimble, AllenV. Sweigart (NASA/ESA Goddard Space Flight Center) and Henry C. Ferguson ( Space Telescope Science Institute
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About the Image
About the Object
Name: | Messier 32, NGC 221 |
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Type: | Local Universe : Star : Grouping : Cluster Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Elliptical |
Constellation: | Andromeda |
Category: | Galaxies |
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Coordinates
Position (RA): | 0 42 41.81 |
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Position (Dec): | 40° 51' 45.03" |
Field of view: | 0.39 x 0.38 arcminutes |
Orientation: | North is 245.0° left of vertical |
Colours & filters
Band | Telescope |
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Hubble Space Telescope
STIS |