thousands of stars can be seen in the corner of a galaxy that is void of gas and dust.

M32 – Companion Galaxy to Andromeda

This image of a portion of the elliptical galaxy M32 was captured by the Hubble Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS), with a denser collection of stars in the upper-left that gradually become more spread out throughout the outer parts of the galaxy in the rest of the picture.

Credits: NASA, ESA, A. Crotts (Columbia University), W. Freedman (University of Chicago), and J. Westphal (California Institute of Technology); Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America)
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Image CreditNASA, ESA, A. Crotts (Columbia University), W. Freedman (University of Chicago), and J. Westphal (California Institute of Technology); Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America)
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