Todays pic is an offering from the Hubble Space Telescope and makes for an amazing view.
Hubble Resolves a Blaze of Stars in a Galaxy's Core
The central region of the small galaxy NGC 1705 blazes with the light of thousands of young and old stars in this image, taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. At 17 million light-years away, the individual stars of the dwarf irregular galaxy NGC 1705 are out of range of all but the sharp eyes of Hubble. NGC 1705 is classified as a dwarf irregular because it is small and lacks any regular structure.
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
Acknowledgment: M. Tosi (INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna)
Rather than offer a single larger image of this magnificent view, the page this article was taken from can be found here, this page has a full write up associated with this fine image and several other size versions of this piccy.(56K users need not worry, the images are linked to, not directly posted on the page
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07th Mar 03
06th Mar 03Courtesy of Garp
05th Mar 03Cortesy of Grouch
03rd Mar 03
02nd Mar 03
01st Mar 03
28th Feb 03
Hubble Resolves a Blaze of Stars in a Galaxy's Core
The central region of the small galaxy NGC 1705 blazes with the light of thousands of young and old stars in this image, taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. At 17 million light-years away, the individual stars of the dwarf irregular galaxy NGC 1705 are out of range of all but the sharp eyes of Hubble. NGC 1705 is classified as a dwarf irregular because it is small and lacks any regular structure.
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
Acknowledgment: M. Tosi (INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna)
Rather than offer a single larger image of this magnificent view, the page this article was taken from can be found here, this page has a full write up associated with this fine image and several other size versions of this piccy.(56K users need not worry, the images are linked to, not directly posted on the page
)Previous Pic Of The Day posts
07th Mar 03
06th Mar 03Courtesy of Garp
05th Mar 03Cortesy of Grouch
03rd Mar 03
02nd Mar 03
01st Mar 03
28th Feb 03
