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Starburst Spectacle: Hubble’s Rare Glimpse at Star Formation in a Distant Galaxy’s Core


This newly released Hubble Space Telescope image depicts the blue compact dwarf galaxy NGC 5253, as seen by the High Resolution Channel (HRC) of Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS). ACS is a third-generation scientific instrument on Hubble, and was installed in 2002 as part of Servicing Mi

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