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Our ESA/Hubble Picture of the Week features the Lost Galaxy!⁠ ⁠ 🔴 The spiral galaxy NGC 4535 is also known as the ‘Lost Galaxy’ because it is so faint when viewed through a small telescope. With its 2.4m mirror, however, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is well equipped for observing galaxies like this.⁠ ⁠ 🔴 On full display are the young star clusters dotting its spiral arms. Many of the groupings of bright blue stars are enclosed by glowing pink clouds, a sign the galaxy is home to young, hot, massive stars 🌟 blazing with radiation!⁠ ⁠ 🔴 Hubble has snapped NGC 4535 before, but this image incorporates new observations which capture the brilliant red glow of the nebulae encircling massive stars reaching the ends of their lives.⁠ ⁠ For more information check the link in bio.⁠ ⁠ 📷 europeanspaceagency / hubbleesa & NASA , F. Belfiore, J. Lee and the PHANGS-HST Team⁠ ⁠ #ESA #Hubble

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