Image of SBS 0335-052

On the left is an image of SBS 0335-052 in the I band taken by HST in the optical domain. On the right is an image of the same galaxy obtained with OSCIR on the Gemini North Telescope in the mid-infrared (10.8 micron). All the mid-infrared flux comes from a dust embedded super stellar cluster that cannot be detected at optical wavelengths.

Credit:

International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA

About the Image

Id:geminiann02009b
Type:Collage
Release date:Oct. 9, 2002, 5 a.m.
Related announcements:geminiann02009
Size:506 x 270 px

About the Object

Name:SBS 0335-052
Category:Gemini Observatory

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Colors & filters

BandWave-lengthTele-scope
Optical
I
814 nmHubble Space Telescope
WFPC2
Infrared
N
10 μmGemini North
OSIRIS