Hubble Space Telescope Probes a Galaxy with an Active Nucleus
Summary
*Description*: A picture of the barred spiral galaxy NGC 1068, taken with the 0.9-m telescope at Kitt Peak National observatory shows the bright nucleus. The inset is an HST WFPC narrow band image which shows clouds of ionized gas in the very center of the galaxy. Technical facts about this news release: Back to entire collection [ http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/index/661/ ] Next release [ http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1990/26/ ] Previous release [ http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1990/15/ ] *News Release Number:*: STScI-1990-13b
NASA Identifier: SPD-HUBBLE-STScI-1990-13b
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Date
21/09/2009
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Defense Visual Information Distribution Service
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