Image: Hubble's close-up of spiral's disk, bulge
Friday, December 20, 2019 - 10:30
in Astronomy & Space
This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows IC 2051, a galaxy in the southern constellation of Mensa (the Table Mountain) lying about 85 million light-years away. It is a spiral galaxy, as evidenced by its characteristic whirling, pinwheeling arms, and it has a bar of stars slicing through its center.