Hubble telescope captures vivid, exquisite image of nearby galaxy

TPO - The sparkling galaxy NGC 1546 appears in the first new image of the Hubble telescope since switching to the new "single gyro mode", ending the telescope's nearly month-long hiatus.

NGC 1546, the first new image from the Hubble Space Telescope since switching to its new "single gyro mode." (Image: NASA, ESA, STScI, David Thilker (JHU); Image processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI))

NGC 1546 is a spiral galaxy.

This is the first image from the Hubble Telescope in its new pointing mode. Scientific operations at the iconic observatory were halted in late May after a technical problem with one of its gyroscopes – the rotating wheels that help the telescope control its motion.

According to Hubble’s website, this component precisely points the telescope and measures how fast an object is spinning. By June 14, engineers had decided to allow the old telescope to operate again using only a gyroscope.

Now, this image of the galaxy NGC 1546 is the first result of Hubble's new operating mode, although it used some data from the James Webb Telescope and the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array in Chile to fill in certain details.

This multi-wavelength image of NGC 1546 shows the bright core, dust lanes, and regions where stars are born.

The dust lanes are backlit by the galaxy's bright core, giving them a rusty brown appearance, according to Hubble. The core has a yellowish tint, indicating that it is dominated by older stars. The blue light seen in the dust is a region where young stars are being born.

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