Zooming in on galaxy Holmberg II
This video shows the location of dwarf irregular galaxy Holmberg II in the night sky. The galaxy is dominated by huge bubbles of glowing gas, which are visible in the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image which the zoom sequence ends on.
Credit:NASA, ESA, Digitized Sky Survey 2. Music: John Dyson (from the album Moonwind)
About the Video
Id: | heic1114a |
Release date: | 29 September 2011, 14:30 |
Related releases: | heic1114 |
Duration: | 56 s |
Frame rate: | 30 fps |
About the Object
Name: | Holmberg II |
Type: | Local Universe : Galaxy : Size : Dwarf Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Irregular |
Category: | Galaxies |