Multi-Color Optical Image around the ULX (1 of 3) (IMAGE)

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Multi-Color Optical Image around the ULX (1 of 3)

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Multi-color optical image around the ULX "X-1" (indicated by the arrow) in the dwarf galaxy Holmberg II, is located in the direction of the constellation Ursa Major, at a distance of 11 million light-years. The image size corresponds to 1,100 × 900 light-years at the galaxy. The red color represents spectral line emission from hydrogen atoms.

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Special Astrophysical Observatory/Hubble Space Telescope

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