Galaxies
The accidentally discovered galaxy Bedin I
January 31, 2019 · ESA/Hubble · Bedin I, NGC 6752 · Pavo
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This image, taken with Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys shows a part the globular cluster NGC 6752. Behind the bright stars of the cluster a denser collection of faint stars is visible — a previously unknown dwarf spheroidal galaxy. This galaxy, nicknamed Bedin 1, is about 30 million light-years from Earth.
