Starburst Galaxy NGC 1808

This image, taken with the Hubble telescope's Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2(WFPC2), provides a close-up view of the galaxy's center, the hotbed of vigorous star formation.

Credit:

Jim Flood, an amateur astronomer affiliated with Sperry Observatory at Union College in New Jersey, and Max Mutchler, a member of the Space Telescope Science Institute staff who volunteered to work with Jim

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About the Image

NASA press release

Id:	opo9812c
Type:	Observation
Release date:	22 March 1998, 06:00
Size:	1480 x 1510 px

About the Object

Name:	IRAS 05059-3734, NGC 1808
Type:	Local Universe : Galaxy : Activity : Starburst
Distance:	40 million light years
Constellation:	Columba
Category:	Galaxies