HUBBLE ATLAS

Galaxies

Zooming in on galaxy Holmberg II

September 29, 2011 · ESA/Hubble

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This video shows the location of dwarf irregular galaxy Holmberg II in the night sky. The galaxy is dominated by huge bubbles of glowing gas, which are visible in the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image which the zoom sequence ends on.