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Hubble Identifies Source of Ultraviolet Light in an Old Galaxy

VIDEO ZOOM INTO M32 Video sequence begins with a ground-based image of M32 (seen just above the large central galaxy M31), ZOOM to ground-based image of M32, continue the ZOOM to the Hubble Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) image of M32's core.
  • Release Date
    October 26, 1999
  • Science Release
    Hubble Identifies Source of Ultraviolet Light in an Old Galaxy
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  • Credit
    Bryan Preston (Allied Signal and The Space Telescope Science Institute)

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Ground-based image of M32 with the STIS field outlined.

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Mar 28, 2025
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