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Location of Dwarf Galaxy Bedin 1 in Star Cluster NGC 6752 | Hubble

Location of Dwarf Galaxy Bedin 1 in Star Cluster NGC 6752 | Hubble

This composite image shows the location of the accidentally discovered dwarf galaxy Bedin 1 behind the globular cluster NGC 6752. The lower image, depicting 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 NASA/European Space Agency Hubble Space Telescope. The upper left one highlights the part containing the galaxy Bedin 1.

Distance: 30 million light years


Credit: European Space Agency (ESA)/Hubble, NASA, Bedin et al., Digitized Sky Survey 2

Release Date: Jan. 31, 2019


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