NASA / ESA’s Hubble Space Telescope captures a dazzling image of mega barred spiral galaxy NGC 1672, which is located 49 million light-years from Earth. What stands out the most is its disc, filled with billions of shining stars that give it a vibrant glow.
Alongside its two large arms, bubbles of hydrogen gas are made to shine a striking red light by the powerful radiation of newly-forming stars within. In the very center, we can observe an even more brilliant source of X-rays, an active galactic nucleus created by the heated accretion disc around NGC 1672’s supermassive black hole.
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A spiral galaxy with an oval-shaped disc. Two large arms curve out away from the ends of the disc. The arms are traced by bright pink patches where stars are forming and by dark reddish threads of dust. The core is very bright and star-filled. Some large stars appear in front of the galaxy,” said the ESA.
