Pan: Hubble spotlights a swirling spiral
The barred spiral galaxy UGC 678 takes centre stage in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. The spectacular galaxy lies around 260 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Pisces and is almost face on, allowing its lazily winding spiral arms to stretch across this image. In the foreground, a smaller edge-on galaxy seems to bisect the upper portion of UGC 678.
Credit:ESA/Hubble & NASA, C. Kilpatrick, R. J. Foley
Music: Stellardrone - Billions and Billions
About the Video
Id: | potw2316a |
Release date: | 17 April 2023, 06:00 |
Duration: | 30 s |
Frame rate: | 25 fps |