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The Hidden Galaxy

Maffei 2 is the poster child for an infrared galaxy that is almost invisible to optical telescopes. But this infrared image from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope penetrates the dust to reveal the galaxy in all its glory.

Date
2011-01-18
Photographer / author
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA
Collection
JPL
Archive
NASA Image and Video Library
Type
photograph

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"The Hidden Galaxy" (2011-01-18). NASA/JPL/NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA. Public domain. https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA13789

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