Going through NGC 3344

From our vantage point in the Milky Plan galaxy, we peep NGC 3344 face-on. Nearly 40,000 gentle-years for the duration of, the big, stunning spiral galaxy is positioned factual 20 million gentle-years away in the constellation of Leo Minor. This multi-shade Hubble Location telescope shut-up of NGC 3344 entails outstanding information from shut to infrared to ultraviolet wavelengths. The body extends some 15,000 gentle-years for the duration of the spiral’s central regions. From the core outward, the galaxy’s colours swap from the yellowish gentle of comparable old stars in the guts to younger blue smartly-known particular person clusters and reddish smartly-known particular person forming regions along the loose, fragmented spiral hands. With no doubt, the radiant stars with a spiky appearance are in entrance of NGC 3344 and lie effectively within our comprise Milky Plan. APOD Turns 30!: Free Public Lecture in Anchorage on Wednesday, June 11 at 7 pm