Galaxy NGC 6251 Nucleus
A ground-based telescopic view of the core of the elliptical galaxy NGC 6251. The inset box shows Hubble Space Telescope's field of view. The galaxy is 300 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Minor.
Credit:
Philippe Crane (European Southern Observatory), and NASA/ESA
About the Image
NASA press release
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| Id: | opo9728c |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 10 September 1997, 15:00 |
| Size: | 400 x 400 px |
About the Object
| Name: | NGC 6251 |
| Type: | • Local Universe : Galaxy : Activity : AGN • Local Universe : Galaxy : Component : Center/Core • Quasars/AGN/Black Hole Images/Videos |
| Distance: | 350 million light years |
