Hubble Space Telescope Captures Images of Dwarf and Spiral Galaxies, Shedding Light on the Galactic Neighborhood

By utilizing the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS), which was installed on the Hubble Space Telescope during the 2002 3B maintenance mission to replace the ESA's Faint Object Camera, the Hubble Space Telescope has successfully captured an image of a dwarf galaxy known as UGCA 307.

In addition to this, the telescope has also managed to capture an image of a spiral galaxy located 110 million light years away from our planet, as well as a spectrum of bluish light, adorned with stars and a few small red clouds of gas, which extends from the image center to the right side, set against a pitch-black background with tiny galaxies and stars.

Suspended amid a myriad of distant galaxies, UGCA 307 is situated approximately 26 million light years away from our planet, located in the constellation of Corvus. This galaxy consists of a diffuse band of stars, with some areas of red color that indicate relatively recent star formation regions.

This image of the small galaxy is part of a project that aims to explore all neighboring known galaxies in order to gain a better understanding of the "galactic neighborhood" of the Milky Way. Prior to capturing this image, the telescope has already managed to capture three-quarters of the nearest galaxies to our own. 

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