NASA / ESA’s Hubble Space Telescope recently observed UGCA 307, a hazy diminutive dwarf galaxy comprised of diffuse band of stars with red bubbles of gas in regions of recent star formation. Its located approximately 26 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Corvus and is seen as a small patch of stars without a defined structure that resembles a passing cloud.
Hubble aims to explore every known nearby galaxy to provide astronomers with insights into our galactic neighborhood. Before this set of observations, the telescope surveyed nearly 75% of nearby galaxies in enough detail to make out the brightest stars and gain an understanding of the stars populating each galaxy. The remaining quarter of nearby galaxies will be captured by taking advantage of short gaps in Hubble’s observing schedule.
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This crystal-clear image was captured by Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS), which was installed on the telescope in 2002 during Servicing Mission 3B. The ACS replaced one of Hubble’s original instruments, the Faint Object Camera, which was built by ESA,” said NASA.
