The bottom picture displays the entire galaxy, while the top right picture observes its center. The top left picture also observes the center, but in infrared light.

C52 Image Comparison

Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) image of Caldwell 52 (NGC 4697) appears at the bottom. Hubble also observed the central part of the galaxy with its Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3). A white rectangle in the ACS image shows the area imaged by WFC3. At top center is an infrared (IR) view of the galaxy’s center. In the top right is a composite of WFC3 and ACS observations of the galaxy’s core in visible and infrared light.

Credits: ACS image: NASA, ESA, and C. Sarazin (University of Virginia); WFC3 IR image: NASA, ESA, and B. Boizelle (Texas A&M University); WFC3/ACS image: NASA, ESA, B. Boizelle (Texas A&M University), and C. Sarazin (University of Virginia); Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America)
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Image CreditACS image: NASA, ESA, and C. Sarazin (University of Virginia); WFC3 IR image: NASA, ESA, and B. Boizelle (Texas A&M University); WFC3/ACS image: NASA, ESA, B. Boizelle (Texas A&M University), and C. Sarazin (University of Virginia); Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America)
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