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The Spiral Galaxy M100 as seen with the Hubble space telescope

by

Nasa/Stsci/Novapix

Reference

a-gax43-21002

Date

2006-09-11

The image was taken on December 31, 1993. The field of view is about two and a half arc minutes across. The image was taken through red, green, and blue filters to create a true color picture. Blue corresponds to the light from yound and massive stars that have recently formed along the spiral arms. The pinkish blobs are huge blouds of glowing hydrogen gas. They indentify sites of new star formation.