Central Bulges of Spiral Galaxies - NGC 5838 (Hubble NICMOS and WFPC2 View)
The bottom row represents composite pictures from Hubble's visible- and infrared-light cameras, the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2(WFPC2) and the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer(NICMOS). Astronomers combined views from both cameras to obtain the true ages of the stars surrounding each galaxy's bulge. The Hubble telescope's sharper resolution allows astronomers to study the intricate structure of a galaxy's core.
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About the Image
| Id: | heic9902h |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 6 October 1999, 15:00 |
| Related releases: | heic9902 |
| Size: | 295 x 295 px |
About the Object
| Name: | IRAS 15029+0217, NGC 5838 |
| Type: | • Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Spiral • Local Universe : Galaxy : Component : Bulge |
| Distance: | 95 million light years |
Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
| Optical | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
| Infrared | Hubble Space Telescope NICMOS |
