This spectacular image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the trailing arms of NGC 2276, a spiral galaxy 120 million light-years away in the constellation of Cepheus. At first glance, the delicate tracery of bright spiral arms and dark dust lanes resembles countless other spiral galaxies. A closer look reveals a strangely lopsided galaxy shaped by gravitational interaction and intense star formation.
Credit:
ESA/Hubble & NASA, P. Sell
Acknowledgement: L. Shatz
Coordinates
Position (RA): 7 27 33.61
Position (Dec): 85° 45' 29.95"
Field of view: 2.52 x 2.70 arcminutes
Orientation: North is 151.0° left of vertical
Colours & filters Band Wavelength Telescope
Ultraviolet UV 275 nm Hubble Space Telescope WFC3
Optical U 336 nm Hubble Space Telescope WFC3
Optical B 438 nm Hubble Space Telescope WFC3
Optical V 555 nm Hubble Space Telescope WFC3
Optical I 814 nm Hubble Space Telescope WFC3
This spectacular image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the trailing arms of NGC 2276, a spiral galaxy 120 million light-years away in the constellation of Cepheus. At first glance, the delicate tracery of bright spiral arms and dark dust lanes resembles countless other spiral galaxies. A closer look reveals a strangely lopsided galaxy shaped by gravitational interaction and intense star formation.