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Hubble Identifies Source of Ultraviolet Light in an Old Nebula


Depicts: M 32, NGC 221, IRAS 00399+4035
Copyright: NASA and Thomas M. Brown, Charles W. Bowers, Randy A. Kimble, AllenV. Sweigart (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center) and Henry C. Ferguson (Space Telescope Science Institute)

Hubble Space Telescope's exquisite resolution has allowed astronomers to resolve, for the first time, hot blue stars deep inside an elliptical galaxy. The swarm of nearly 8,000 blue stars resembles a blizzard of snowflakes near the core (lower right) of the neighboring galaxy M 32, located 2.5 million light-years away in the constellation Andromeda.
Last Update: 1 September 2019
13-Feb-2026 10:42 UT

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