Pinwheel-shaped Galaxy NGC 1309 in Eridanus | Hubble
The NASA/European Space Agency Hubble Space Telescope captured details of this face-on spiral galaxy, cataloged as NGC 1309, in this color image. NGC 1309 was home to supernova SN 2002fk. Its light reached Earth in September 2002. NGC 1309 resides 100 million light-years (30 Megaparsecs) from Earth. It is one of about 200 galaxies that make up the Eridanus group of galaxies.
Credit: NASA, ESA, The Hubble Heritage Team, (STScI/AURA) and A. Riess (STScI)
Release Date: Feb. 7, 2006
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