Tag Archive for 'NGC 5253'

This Hubble image shows NGC 5253, a blue compact dwarf galaxy some 11 million light-years away in the constellation of Centaurus. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / A. Zezas / D. Calzetti.

Hubble Space Telescope Views NGC 5253

Jun 24, 2024 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have produced two outstanding images of NGC 5253, which is considered a dwarf starburst galaxy and...

This Hubble Space Telescope image shows the local dwarf galaxy NGC 5253; superimposed is the gas (fuzzy red to yellow) as seen by the Submillimeter Array; the bright white area is Cloud D. Image credit: J. L. Turner et al.

Astronomers Spot Mysterious Star-Forming Cluster in Nearby Galaxy NGC 5253

Mar 20, 2015 by News Staff

According to a group of astronomers led by Prof Jean Turner of the University of California, Los Angeles, more than a million infant stars are forming...