esahubble_opo9734g October 21st, 1997
Credit: Brad Whitmore (STScI), and NASA/ESA
These close-up views of the cores of each galaxy show entrapped dust and gas funneled into the center. The nucleus of NGC 4038 (lower right) is obscured by dust which dims and reddens starlight by scattering the shorter, bluer wavelengths. This is also the reason the young star clusters in the dusty regions appear red instead of blue.
Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA
Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9734g/
Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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