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ScienceDaily: Galaxies News

ScienceDaily: Galaxies News


Hubble sees light and dust in a nearby starburst galaxy

Posted: 05 Apr 2013 11:39 AM PDT

The Hubble Space Telescope has taken an image of a small, sparkling hook in the dark sky -- a beautiful object is known as J082354.96+280621.6, or J082354.96 for short. It is a starburst galaxy, so named because of the incredibly (and unusually) high rate of star formation occurring within it.

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