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Spiral galaxy NGC 2397 with SN 2006bc
author: NASA/ESA/Novapix
reference: a-gax23-97002
Image Size 300 DPI: 25 * 20 cm
Located nearly 60 million light-years away from Earth, the galaxy NGC 2397 is typical of most spirals, with mostly older, yellow and red stars in its central portion, while star formation continues in the outer, bluer spiral arms. The brightest of these young, blue stars can be seen individually in this high resolution view from the Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS). One typical feature of this Hubble image is the view of supernova SN 2006bc taken when its brightness was on the decrease (insert). SN 2006bc was discovered in March 2006. The images were obtained on 14 October 2006 with Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) through three different colour filters (blue, green and near-infrared).
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