NASA / ESA’s Hubble Space Telescope observes spiral galaxy NGC 2566 located 76 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Puppis. What stands out most is its massive bar of stars that stretches across the center of this galaxy, while spiral arms emerge from each end of the bar.
Why does it look almond-shaped? NGC 2566 actually appears tilted from our perspective, thus giving the galaxy the appearance of a cosmic eye or almond. Astronomers use Hubble;s ultraviolet and visible wavelengths to measure the ages of NGC 2566’s stars, helping to piece together the timeline of the galaxy’s star formation and the exchange of gas between star-forming clouds as well as the stars themselves.
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An oval-shaped spiral galaxy. Its core is a compact, glowing blue spot. A bright bar of light, lined with dark reddish dust, extends horizontally to the edge of the disc. A spiral arm emerges from each end of the bar and follows the edge of the disc, lined with blue and red glowing patches of stars, to the opposite end and a little off the galaxy. Blue stars are scattered between us and the galaxy,” said the ESA.
