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Comparative View of Galaxy's Stellar Populations


Depicts: Galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major
Copyright: Rodger I. Thompson (University of Arizona), and NASA

The underlying disk structure, containing older stars, is seen clearly in this infrared Deep Field image taken with Hubble's Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS) in January 1998.
Last Update: 1 September 2019
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