Multiwavelength Galaxy View

NASA

Hubble Lights the Way with New Multiwavelength Galaxy View

The magnificent galaxy featured in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is NGC 1559. It is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Reticulum, approximately 35 million light-years from Earth. The brilliant light captured in the current image offers a wealth of information. This picture is composed of a whopping ten different Hubble images, each filtered to collect light from a…