Zoom on starburst galaxy NGC 1569
The nearby dwarf galaxy NGC 1569 is a hotbed of vigorous star birth activity which blows huge bubbles and super-bubbles that riddle the main body of the galaxy. The galaxy?s vigorous ?star factories? are also manufacturing brilliant blue star clusters. This galaxy had a sudden and relatively recent onset of star birth 25 million years ago, which subsided about the time the very earliest human ancestors appeared on Earth.
Credit:European Space Agency, NASA & Peter Anders (G"ttingen University Galaxy Evolution Group, Germany)
About the Video
| Id: | heic0402a |
| Release date: | 3 February 2004, 15:00 |
| Related releases: | heic0402 |
| Duration: | 21 s |
| Frame rate: | 30 fps |
About the Object
| Category: | Galaxies Hubble Images |
