
C108 (NGC 4372)
This image of Caldwell 108 has a dark line bisecting the image in two. This line is called a "chip gap." Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 uses two detectors that are near but not exactly next to each other, leaving a thin gap in the exposure.
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, and M. Reinhart (STScI); Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America)
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Image CreditNASA, ESA, and M. Reinhart (STScI); Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America)
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