The accidentally discovered galaxy Bedin I
This image, taken with Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys shows a part the globular cluster NGC 6752. Behind the bright stars of the cluster a denser collection of faint stars is visible — a previously unknown dwarf spheroidal galaxy. This galaxy, nicknamed Bedin 1, is about 30 million light-years from Earth.
Credit:ESA/Hubble, NASA, Bedin et al.
About the Image
| Id: | heic1903a |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 31 January 2019, 16:00 |
| Related releases: | heic1903 |
| Size: | 1024 x 949 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Bedin I, NGC 6752 |
| Type: | Milky Way : Star : Grouping : Cluster : Globular Local Universe : Galaxy : Size : Dwarf |
| Distance: | 30 million light years |
| Constellation: | Pavo |
| Category: | Galaxies Stars |
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Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 19 10 45.01 |
| Position (Dec): | -59° 54' 56.78" |
| Field of view: | 0.42 x 0.39 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 46.1° right of vertical |
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Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
|---|---|---|
| Optical V | 606 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |
| Optical I | 814 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |