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ULLYSES: Hubble Embarks on Largest Observing Program of Its Career – SciTechDaily
Hubble Launches Large Ultraviolet-Light Survey of Nearby Stars Hundreds of stars in the Milky Way and nearby galaxies are being surveyed to build an invaluable…
This is a ground-based telescopic photo of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a satellite galaxy of our Milky Way. The galaxy is one of several select targets of a new initiative with NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope called ULLYSES (UV Legacy Library of Young Stars as Essential Standards). The program is looking at over 300 stars to build an ultraviolet-light catalog for capturing the diversity of stars, from young to old. The program’s goal is to give astronomers a much better understanding of the…
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