This glittering image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the spiral galaxy IC 5332. The galaxy lies about 30 million light-years away in the constellation Sculptor and has an almost face-on orientation to Earth. To understand the term ‘face-on,’ it is helpful to visualize a spiral galaxy as an extremely large disk. If the […]
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Astrophysics Division, Galaxies, Goddard Space Flight Center, Hubble Space Telescope, Missions, Spiral Galaxies, The Universe
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October 20, 2023
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