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PHOTO NO.: STScI-PRC03-07


HUBBLE RESOLVES A BLAZE OF STARS IN A GALAXY'S CORE

The central region of the small galaxy NGC 1705 blazes with the light 
of thousands of young and old stars in this image, taken by NASA's 
Hubble Space Telescope. At 17 million light-years away, the individual 
stars of the dwarf irregular galaxy NGC 1705 are out of range of all 
but the sharp eyes of Hubble. NGC 1705 is classified as a dwarf 
irregular because it is small and lacks any regular structure.

This image was taken in March 1999 and November 2000 by an
international science team led by Monica Tosi at Italy's National 
Institute of Astrophysics (INAF) at the Osservatorio Astronomico di 
Bologna.

Image Credit: NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
Acknowledgment: M. Tosi (INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna)

To see and read more about galaxy NGC 1705, please click on
http://hubblesite.org/news/2003/07
http://heritage.stsci.edu/2003/07 and
http://sci.esa.int/hubble

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