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Caldwell 17

This Hubble image shows a small part of the dwarf galaxy Caldwell 17 (NGC 147). Near the center of the image is a globular star cluster located in the galaxy. It was imaged by Hubble’s Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) in visible and infrared light.

 

Credit: NASA, ESA, and J. Trauger (Jet Propulsion Laboratory); Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America)

 

For Hubble's Caldwell catalog website and information on how to find these objects in the night sky, visit:

 

www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/hubble-s-caldwell-catalog

 

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Uploaded on August 31, 2020