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Bedin 1 Pullout
ZOOMING IN ON HIDDEN DWARF GALAXYThis composite image shows the location of the accidentally discovered dwarf galaxy, named by its discoverers as Bedin 1, which lies far behind the foreground globular cluster NGC 6752. The lower image of the complete cluster is a ground-based obs...
- Date
- Jan 1, 2019
- Mission
- Hubble Space Telescope
- Archive ID
- hubblesite-images-2019-09-4319-image
ZOOMING IN ON HIDDEN DWARF GALAXY
This composite image shows the location of the accidentally discovered dwarf galaxy, named by its discoverers as Bedin 1, which lies far behind the foreground globular cluster NGC 6752. The lower image of the complete cluster is a ground-based observation from the Digitized Sky Survey 2. The upper right image shows the full field of view of the Hubble Space Telescope. The upper left image highlights the region containing the galaxy Bedin 1.
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NASA, ESA, L. Bedin (Astronomical Observatory of Padua, Italy), and Digitized Sky Survey 2More Images From This Period
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