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NGC 1705 WFPC2 Mosaic

NGC 1705 WFPC2 Mosaic
  • Object Name
    Object NameA name or catalog number that astronomers use to identify an astronomical object.
    NGC 1705
  • Release Date
    March 6, 2003
  • Science Release
    Hubble Resolves a Blaze of Stars in a Galaxy’s Core
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  • Credit
    NASA, ESA, P. Montegriffo (INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna) and Z. Levay (STScI)

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A Blaze of Stars in the Core of Dwarf Galaxy NGC 1705

A Blaze of Stars in the Core of Dwarf Galaxy NGC 1705

The central region of the small galaxy NGC 1705 blazes with the light of thousands of young and old stars in this image, taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. At 17 million light-years away, the individual stars of the dwarf irregular galaxy NGC 1705 are out of range of all...

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Feb 17, 2025
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