Spiral Galaxy Messier 77 | Hubble Space Telescope
The NASA/European Space Agency Hubble Space Telescope has captured this vivid image of spiral galaxy Messier 77—a galaxy in the constellation of Cetus, about 45 million light-years away from us. The streaks of red and blue in the image highlight pockets of star formation along the pinwheeling arms with dark dust lanes stretching across the galaxy’s starry center. The galaxy belongs to a class of galaxies known as Seyfert galaxies. They have highly ionized gas surrounding an intensely active center.
Credit: NASA, ESA & A. van der Hoeven
Release Date: March 28, 2013
Release Date: March 28, 2013
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