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Back Compact Core of Galaxy M32

Compact Core of Galaxy M32


Date: 08 April 1992
Satellite: Hubble Space Telescope
Depicts: M32, NGC 221
Copyright: Tod R. Lauer/NASA

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope clearly shows the central core of the elliptical galaxy M32. This green-light image was taken with HST's Wide Field and Planetary Camera (WFPC), in high resolution mode, on 17 August 1991.
Last Update: 1 September 2019
21-Apr-2026 01:42 UT

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