Friday, May 6, 2016

Hubble Spies the Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 4394


05/06/2016 08:00 AM EDT
Shown in this Hubble Space Telescope image, NGC 4394 is the archetypal barred spiral galaxy, with bright spiral arms emerging from the ends of a bar that cuts through the galaxy's central bulge. These arms are peppered with young blue stars, dark filaments of cosmic dust, and bright, fuzzy regions of active star formation.

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