Baby Boom in Galaxy NGC 3310
Most galaxies form new stars at a fairly slow rate, but members of a rare class known as 'starburst' galaxies blaze with extremely active star formation. The galaxy NGC 3310 is one such starburst galaxy that is forming clusters of new stars at a prodigious rate. Scientists using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope are perfecting a technique to determine the history of starburst activity in NGC 3310 by studying the colours of its star clusters.
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About the Image
NASA press release
NASA caption
NASA caption
| Id: | opo0126a |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 6 September 2001, 15:00 |
| Size: | 849 x 933 px |
About the Object
| Name: | IRAS 10356+5345, NGC 3310 |
| Type: | • Local Universe : Galaxy : Activity : Starburst |
| Distance: | 55 million light years |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Ultraviolet U |
330 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
| Ultraviolet U |
336 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
| Optical B |
439 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
| Infrared I |
814 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
