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Title

M100 Galactic Nucleus

Description

This image was taken before the optics was fixed and demonstrates that the optical error generates images that are not much better than images taken with ground-based telescopes and were much less clear than expected. The picture is from the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 1.

Facility

Hubble Space Telescope

Instrument

Wide Field and Planetary Camera 1

Subject

  • M100
  • Galaxy

Spectral Type

Optical

Credits

NASA/STSci/JPL

Type

Photographic

Associated Lesson

Optical History

This material is based upon work supported by NASA under Grant Nos. NNX09AD33G and NNX10AE80G issued through the SMD ROSES 2009 Program.

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