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Fireworks near Galaxy NGC 4151 (WFPC-2)

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A Hubble Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 image of the oxygen emission (5007 Angstroms) from the gas at the heart of NGC 4151. Though the twin cone structure can be seen, the image does not provide any information about the motion of the oxygen gas.

Credit: John Hutchings (Dominion Astrophysical Observatory), Bruce Woodgate (GSFC/NASA/ESA), Mary Beth Kaiser (Johns Hopkins University), Steven Kraemer(Catholic University of America), and the STIS Team

 

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Press Release
Id:opo9718b
Object:NGC 4151, IRAS 12080+3941
Type:Quasar/AGN/Black Hole, Cosmology
Instru-ment:WFPC2
Width:348
Height:310

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