A ground-based image from the European Southern Observatory (ESO), in the upper right, shows the entire long, edge-on galaxy and includes an outline that shows the region near the center of Caldwell 83 observed by Hubble’s Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2. To the left is the Hubble image, showing dark dust lanes scattered with white and red stars.

C83 (NGC 4945) Inset

A ground-based image from the European Southern Observatory (ESO), in the upper right, includes an outline that shows the region near the center of Caldwell 83 (NGC 4945) observed by Hubble’s Wide Field and Planetary Camera (WFPC2).

Credits: Ground-based image: European Southern Observatory; Hubble image: NASA, ESA, and H. Falcke (Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy); Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America)
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Image CreditGround-based image: European Southern Observatory; Hubble image: NASA, ESA, and H. Falcke (Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy); Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America)
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