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Hubble’s Journey to the Center of our Galaxy
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Hubble’s Journey to the Center of our Galaxy

This picture, spanning 50 light-years across, is a mosaic stitched from nine separate images from Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3. The center of the Milky Way is located 27,000 light-years away. The “snowstorm” of stars in the image is just the tip of the iceberg: Astronomers estimate that about 10 million stars in this cluster are too faint to be captured in this image. Read more: www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2016/hubble-s-journey-to-the. NASA image use policy. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center enables NASA’s mission through four scientific endeavors: Earth Science, Heliophysics, Solar System Exploration, and Astrophysics. Goddard plays a leading role in NASA’s accomplishments by contributing compelling scientific knowledge to advance the Agency’s mission. Follow us on Twitter Like us on Facebook Find us on Instagram

Date
2017-12-08
Collection
GSFC
Archive
NASA Image and Video Library
Type
photograph

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"Hubble’s Journey to the Center of our Galaxy" (2017-12-08). NASA/GSFC. Public domain. https://images.nasa.gov/details/GSFC_20171208_Archive_e000390

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