A spiral galaxy in Hydra
Monday, April 9, 2012 - 07:02
in Astronomy & Space
(Phys.org) -- This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows NGC 4980, a spiral galaxy in the southern constellation of Hydra. The shape of NGC 4980 appears slightly deformed, something which is often a sign of recent tidal interactions with another galaxy. In this galaxys case, however, this appears not to be the case as there are no other galaxies in its immediate vicinity.