Astronomy Picture of the Day

   [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our
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                                2024 June 21
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                              Hubble's NGC 1546
           Image Credit: [3]NASA, ESA, STScI, David Thilker (JHU)

   Explanation: [4]Returning to science operations on June 14, the Hubble
   Space Telescope used its new [5]pointing mode to capture this sharp
   image of [6]spiral galaxy NGC 1546. A member of the [7]Dorado galaxy
   group, the island universe lies a mere 50 million light-years away. The
   galactic disk of NGC 1546 is tilted to our line-of-sight, with the
   yellowish light of the old stars and bluish regions of newly formed
   stars shining through the galaxy's dust lanes. More distant background
   galaxies are scattered throughout this Hubble view. Launched in 1990,
   Hubble has been [8]exploring the cosmos for more than three decades,
   recently celebrating its 34th anniversary.

                      Tomorrow's picture: light-weekend
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References

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   2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2406/NGC1546compassHST.jpg
   3. https://hubblesite.org/
   4. https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/nasa-releases-hubble-image-taken-in-new-pointing-mode/
   5. https://science.nasa.gov/mission/hubble/observatory/design/pointing-control/
   6. https://hubblesite.org/contents/media/images/2024/026/01J0P5R2SHWT62980ADZE5AZ7X
   7. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020A&A...643A.176R/abstract
   8. https://science.nasa.gov/mission/hubble/science/science-highlights/
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  17. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html
  18. http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=240621
  19. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240622.html
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