Fig.1 NGC 1399 and UCD3 (IMAGE)

Lomonosov Moscow State University

Fig.1 NGC 1399 and UCD3

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An optical image of the giant elliptical galaxy NGC 1399 and its satellite UCD3. Left panel: the image of UCD3 in F606W filter obtained by Hubble telescope. Right panel: an infrared image of UCD3 obtained using the SINFONI spectrograph.

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Courtesy of NASA/STScI/ESO/Afanasiev et al.

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