NASA / ESA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured this stunning image of spiral galaxy IC 1954 located 45 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Horologium. What immediately stands out is a a majestic glowing bar in its core, flanked by winding spiral arms with clouds of dark dust across it.
IC 1954 has been enhanced with H-alpha data and shows improved coverage of star-forming nebulae, which are prominent emitters of the red H-alpha light. The latter can be observed in the numerous glowing, pink spots across the disc of the galaxy. Some astronomers believe that the galaxy’s ‘bar’ is actually an energetic star-forming region that just happens to lie over the galactic center.
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A spiral galaxy seen tilted diagonally. It has two large, curling arms that extend from the centre and wrap around. The arms are followed by thick strands of dark reddish dust. The arms and rest of the galaxy’s disc are speckled with glowing patches; some are blue in color, others are pink, showing gas illuminated by new stars,” said the ESA.
