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This Hubble image shows NGC 5253, a blue compact dwarf galaxy some 11 million light-years away in the constellation of Centaurus. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / A. Zezas / D. Calzetti.

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This image depicts the blue compact dwarf galaxy NGC 5253, as seen by the High Resolution Channel (HRC) of Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS).
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The bright centre of a galaxy. It is filled with stars, most of which are bright blue points. There are some star clusters which appear as larger shining dots surrounded closely by more stars. Clouds of gas and dust can be seen behind the galaxy core, where they are lit up and appear pink in colour, and in front of it, where they block out some of its light and appear dark in colour.
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The first new image of NGC 5253 is made up of observations from with Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS), using its Wide Field Channel, and Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2).

The second image is made using data from the High Resolution Channel (HRC) of the ACS instrument.
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This Hubble image shows NGC 5253, a blue compact dwarf galaxy some 11 million light-years away in the constellation of Centaurus. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / A. Zezas / D. Calzetti.

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GOTD4Y Jac

AVAO wrote: ↑Sat Jun 29, 2024 6:25 pm Hubble Space Telescope Views NGC 5253 with ACS / HRC
NASA/ESA | Original release 2024 June 28

This Hubble image shows NGC 5253, a blue compact dwarf galaxy some 11 million light-years away in the constellation of Centaurus. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / A. Zezas / D. Calzetti.

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GOTD4Y Jac

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