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Clues to Early Universe in Three New Hubble Space Telescope Images of Galaxies
By Robert Roy Britt
Senior Science Writer
posted: 07:00 am ET
12 January 2001
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Galaxy NGC 3310
is a spiral galaxy 46 million light-years away and at least 22,000 light-years
across. (Our Milky Way Galaxy is at least 100,000 light-years wide.)
The central region is full
of both young and old stars that are evenly distributed. In most galaxies, stars
are segregated by age, making classifying the distant ones more difficult.
Technical details on
NGC 3310
Object Type: Grand
design spiral galaxy
Position (J2000): R.A. 10h 38m 45.86s Dec. +53°30' 11.5"
Constellation: Ursa Major
Date Image Was Made: September 12-13, 2000
IMAGE SOURCE: NASA/STScI/Rogier
Windhorst, ASU
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