This vibrant Hubble Space Telescope image features the spiral galaxy NGC 1566, sometimes informally referred to as the ‘Spanish Dancer Galaxy’. Like the subject of another recent image, NGC 1566 is a weakly-barred or intermediate spiral galaxy. This means that it does not have a clearly present or a clearly absent bar-shaped structure at its […]
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Astrophysics Division, Galaxies, Goddard Space Flight Center, Hubble Space Telescope, Missions, Science Mission Directorate, Spiral Galaxies, The Universe
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November 3, 2023
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