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Spiral galaxy NGC 3982 in Ursa Major

author: ESA/Novapix

reference: a-gax39-82001

Image Size 300 DPI: 9 * 8 cm

The beautiful galaxy NGC 3982 is a typical spiral galaxy and looks just as our own galaxy, the Milky Way, would if we could view it face on. It harbours a huge black hole at its core and has massive regions of star formation in the bright blue knots in the spiral arms.

Keywords for this photo:

2003 - ASTRONOMY - BARRED SPIRAL GALAXY - GALAXY - HST - HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - NGC 3982 - SBb - SPIRAL GALAXY - STAR - STAR FORMATION - URSA MAJOR -