Zooming in on galaxy Holmberg II

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This video shows the location of dwarf irregular galaxy Holmberg II in the night sky. The galaxy is dominated by huge bubbles of glowing gas, which are visible in the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image which the zoom sequence ends on.

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NASA, ESA, Digitized Sky Survey 2. Music: John Dyson (from the album Moonwind)

About the Video

Id:heic1114a
Release date:29 September 2011, 14:30
Related release:heic1114
Duration:50s

About the Object

Name:Holmberg II
Type:• Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Irregular
• Local Universe : Galaxy : Size : Dwarf
• Galaxies Images/Videos

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