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M32 Ground-Based Image

Ground-based image of M32 with the STIS field outlined.
- Object NameObject NameA name or catalog number that astronomers use to identify an astronomical object.M32, NGC 224
- Release DateOctober 26, 1999
- Science ReleaseHubble Identifies Source of Ultraviolet Light in an Old Galaxy
- CreditCredit: W. Keel (U. Alabama, Tuscaloosa)
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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.
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