Hubble Space Telescope captures NGC 3137 in multiwavelength image

8 articles · Updated · TechEBlog · May 5

The spiral galaxy lies 53 million light-years away in Antlia, and Hubble used six wavelengths to merge ultraviolet, visible and hydrogen-emission observations.
The image shows golden older stars at the centre, blue younger clusters in the outer regions, dust lanes and pink star-forming clouds.
The observations are part of a 55-galaxy study of how star clusters age, offering insight into spiral galaxies like the Milky Way and the nearby NGC 3175 group.

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