File:NGC 1546 Compass Image (2024-026).jpg

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A compass and scale image titled NGC 1546 HST WFC3/UVIS, against the black background of space. Near top left is a color key with filters: blue (F438W), green (F555W), red (F814W). At center is a Hubble image of the nearby galaxy NGC 1546.

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English: A compass and scale image titled NGC 1546 HST WFC3/UVIS, against the black background of space. Near top left is a color key with filters: blue (F438W), green (F555W), red (F814W). At center is a Hubble image of the nearby galaxy NGC 1546. The galaxy's orientation gives us a good view of dust lanes from slightly above and backlit by the galaxy's core. This dust absorbs light from the core, reddening it and making the dust appear rusty-brown. The core itself glows brightly in a yellowish light indicating an older population of stars. Brilliant-blue regions of active star formation sparkle through the dust. Several background galaxies also are visible, including an edge-on spiral just to the left of NGC 1546. At bottom right are white compass arrows. The arrow pointing to the 10 o'clock position is labeled E for east; the arrow pointing to the 2 o'clock position is labeled N for north. At bottom left is a scale bar labeled 9,700 light-years over 40 arc seconds.

NASA, ESA, STScI, David Thilker (JHU)

Joseph DePasquale (STScI)
Date 19 June 2024 (upload date)
Source NGC 1546 Compass Image
Author Image: NASA, ESA, STScI, David Thilker (JHU) Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI)
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Galaxies; Spiral Galaxies

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Public domain This file is in the public domain because it was created by NASA and ESA. NASA Hubble material (and ESA Hubble material prior to 2009) is copyright-free and may be freely used as in the public domain without fee, on the condition that only NASA, STScI, and/or ESA is credited as the source of the material. This license does not apply if ESA material created after 2008 or source material from other organizations is in use.
The material was created for NASA by Space Telescope Science Institute under Contract NAS5-26555, or for ESA by the Hubble European Space Agency Information Centre. Copyright statement at hubblesite.org or 2008 copyright statement at spacetelescope.org. For material created by the European Space Agency on the spacetelescope.org site since 2009, use the {{ESA-Hubble}} tag.

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