Friday, November 9, 2012

Happy Friday

Credit: NASA, ESA and the Hubble SM4 ERO Team

 NGC 6217 is the first image of a celestial object taken with the newly repaired Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS). The camera was repaired during the STS-125 Servicing Mission to upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope.  NGC 6217 lies 6 million light years away in the direction of the Big Dipper.  

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