This context image shows two regions of Caldwell 51 (IC 1613) imaged by Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3). The picture on the left is in infrared light and shows the outer edges of the galaxy, the one in the upper right observes its center, and the lower right image is a wide-field image taken by a ground-based telescope.

C51 Image Comparison

This context image shows two regions of Caldwell 51 (IC 1613) imaged by Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3). The wider-field image of the whole galaxy in the bottom right was taken by the Very Large Telescope’s survey telescope at the European Southern Observatory (ESO). The orange box shows the location of Hubble’s infrared observations in the galaxy’s outskirts (shown at left), while the blue box shows its observations of the galaxy’s center (top right).

Credits: Ground-based image: European Southern Observatory, acknowledgment: VST/Omegacam Local Group Survey; Hubble WFC3 IR image: NASA, ESA, and M. Malkan (UCLA); Hubble WFC3 UVIS image: NASA, ESA, and J. Holtzman (New Mexico State University); Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America)
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Image CreditGround-based image: European Southern Observatory, acknowledgment: VST/Omegacam Local Group Survey; Hubble WFC3 IR image: NASA, ESA, and M. Malkan (UCLA); Hubble WFC3 UVIS image: NASA, ESA, and J. Holtzman (New Mexico State University); Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America)
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