Close-up: Spiral Galaxy Messier 77 (2013 version) | Hubble Space Telescope

Close-up: Spiral Galaxy Messier 77 (2013 version) | 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.

Video Credit: NASA, ESA, Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgement: A. van der Hoeven

Duration: 1 minute
Release Date: March 28, 2013

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