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06-22-08, 11:54 AM
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0806/ngc1300_hst.jpg (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0806/ngc1300_hst_big.jpg) Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1300
Credit: Hubble Heritage Team (http://heritage.stsci.edu/commonpages/infoindex/ourproject/moreproject.html),ESA (http://www.esa.int/),NASA (http://www.nasa.gov)
Explanation: Big, beautiful, barred spiral galaxyNGC 1300 (http://heritage.stsci.edu/2005/01/supplemental.html) lies some 70 millionlight-years away on the banks of theconstellationEridanus (http://www.hawastsoc.org/deepsky/eri/index.html).This Hubble Space Telescopecomposite view (http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/newsdesk/archive/releases/2005/01/) of the gorgeous island universe is one of thelargest Hubble images (http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2005/01/image/a/warn/) ever made of a completegalaxy.NGC 1300 (http://heritage.stsci.edu/2005/01/fast_facts.html)spans over 100,000 light-years and the Hubble (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap010806.html)image reveals striking details of the galaxy's dominantcentral bar and majestic spiral arms.In fact, on close inspection (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0501/ngc1300_hst_core.jpg)the nucleus of this classic barred (http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr162/lect/galaxies/hubble.html)spiral itself shows a remarkable region ofspiral structure (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap080517.html)about 3,000 light-years across.Unlike other spiral galaxies (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiral_galaxies), including our own Milky Way (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap080606.html), NGC 1300is not presently known to have a massivecentral black hole (http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/newsdesk/archive/releases/1997/01/text/).
Source (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap080622.html)
Credit: Hubble Heritage Team (http://heritage.stsci.edu/commonpages/infoindex/ourproject/moreproject.html),ESA (http://www.esa.int/),NASA (http://www.nasa.gov)
Explanation: Big, beautiful, barred spiral galaxyNGC 1300 (http://heritage.stsci.edu/2005/01/supplemental.html) lies some 70 millionlight-years away on the banks of theconstellationEridanus (http://www.hawastsoc.org/deepsky/eri/index.html).This Hubble Space Telescopecomposite view (http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/newsdesk/archive/releases/2005/01/) of the gorgeous island universe is one of thelargest Hubble images (http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2005/01/image/a/warn/) ever made of a completegalaxy.NGC 1300 (http://heritage.stsci.edu/2005/01/fast_facts.html)spans over 100,000 light-years and the Hubble (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap010806.html)image reveals striking details of the galaxy's dominantcentral bar and majestic spiral arms.In fact, on close inspection (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0501/ngc1300_hst_core.jpg)the nucleus of this classic barred (http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr162/lect/galaxies/hubble.html)spiral itself shows a remarkable region ofspiral structure (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap080517.html)about 3,000 light-years across.Unlike other spiral galaxies (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiral_galaxies), including our own Milky Way (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap080606.html), NGC 1300is not presently known to have a massivecentral black hole (http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/newsdesk/archive/releases/1997/01/text/).
Source (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap080622.html)