Astronomy Picture of the Day · January 17, 2002

Pick a Galaxy, Any Galaxy

The Astronomy Picture of the Day for January 17, 2002 is “Pick a Galaxy, Any Galaxy,” an image. It is credited to Credit: J. Colbert, M. Rich, M. Malkan ( UCLA ), J. Frogel, S. Salim ( Ohio State ) HST data from R. Windhorst ( ASU ), W. Keel (Univ. Alabama). The original explanation runs about 187 words.

From the explanation

“Pick a galaxy , any galaxy. In the top panel you can choose from a myriad of distant galaxies revealed in a deep Hubble Space Telescope image of a narrow slice of the cosmos toward the constellation Hercules .”

— APOD editors, January 17, 2002

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At a glance

Date: January 17, 2002
Type: Image
Credit: Credit: J. Colbert, M. Rich, M. Malkan ( UCLA ), J. Frogel, S. Salim ( Ohio State ) HST data from R. Windhorst ( ASU ), W. Keel (Univ. Alabama)
Copyright: No copyright notice on the entry. Check the credited institution’s own usage rules before reusing it.
Explanation length: About 187 words

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Galaxies Hubble Space Telescope

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Source

Astronomy Picture of the Day, January 17, 2002 — science.nasa.gov/image-article/apod-2002-january-17-pick-a-galaxy-any-galaxy

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