The asteroid surprised astronomers as they mapped the Milky Way's nearest galactic neighborhood.
When the project was proposed, only 75% of the Milky Way's galactic neighbors had their picture taken by Hubble, ESA said in the statement. To capture the remaining 25%, astronomers used gaps between longer observation campaigns in the telescope's schedule.
"The project was an elegantly efficient way to fill out some gaps not only in Hubble's observing schedule, but also in our knowledge of nearby galaxies," ESA said in the statement. The asteroid in the image appears as four separate streaks because the image consists of four exposures. Each line has a different color due to the filters used by Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys, which took the photographs.NASA wants ideas to boost Hubble Space Telescope into a higher orbit with private spaceships
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