Sure, the James Webb Space Telescope captured an image of NGC 1559 earlier this year, but Hubble’s version is definitely no slouch either. This barred spiral galaxy is located 35 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Reticulum near the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC).
The image above is actually a composite of 10 different images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, each filtered to collect light from a specific wavelength or range of wavelengths. More specifically, the ultraviolet range of around 275 nanometres through blue, green and red to near-infrared at 1600 nanometers. For those wondering about the bright red and pink colors of the blossoming patches filling NGC 1559’s spiral arms, they are actually star forming regions.
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A spiral galaxy, tilted at an angle, with irregularly-shaped arms. It appears large and close-up. The center glows in a yellowish colour, while the disc around it is a bluer color, due to light from older and newer stars. Dark reddish threads of dust cover the galaxy, and there are many large, shining pink spots in the disc, where stars are forming,” said the ESA.
