Beautiful Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1300.
This Hubble Space Telescope image shows a spiral within a spiral: the nucleus of this spiral galaxy has its own extraordinary
and distinct, 'grand-design' spiral structure that is about 3,300
light-years long. Only galaxies with large-scale bars appear to have
these grand-design inner disks. Unlike other spiral galaxies, NGC 1300
is not presently known to have a massive central black hole.
NGC 1300 is located about 61 million light-years away in the direction of the Eridanus constellation. Its total length is about 110,000 light-years.
Credit: NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team STScI/AURA)
NGC 1300 is located about 61 million light-years away in the direction of the Eridanus constellation. Its total length is about 110,000 light-years.
Credit: NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team STScI/AURA)
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