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PIA05979: Happy Anniversary to a Galactic Explorer
 Mission:  Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX)
 Spacecraft:  GALEX Orbiter
 Instrument:  GALEX Telescope 
 Product Size:  3840 x 3840 pixels (w x h)
 Produced By:  California Institute of Technology 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA05979.tif (17.37 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA05979.jpg (1.266 MB)

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Figure 1

Field of View
The Galaxy Evolution Explorer specializes in surveying galaxies in ultraviolet light. Its telescope, 50 centimeters (19.7 inches) in diameter, has a field of view that is much wider than most ground-based and space-based telescopes. This field of view, nearly three times the diameter of the Moon, allowed the Galaxy Evolution Explorer to discover seemingly newborn galaxies in our local universe. The telescope surveyed thousands of galaxies before finding three-dozen of these newborns.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Caltech

Image Addition Date:
2004-05-24