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Hubble Sees Cosmic Grains of Sand

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Hubble image of galaxy NGC 300

What appear as individual grains of sand on a beach in the image obtained with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope are actually myriads of stars embedded deep in the heart of the nearby galaxy NGC 300. The Hubble telescope's exquisite resolution enables it to see the stars as individual points of light, despite the fact that the galaxy is 6.5 million light-years away.

This color composite was created from images taken by Hubbles Advanced Camera for Surveys in July and September 2002.

Image Credit: NASA/ESA/Hubble Heritage Team (AURA/STScI)

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