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Barred spiral galaxy NGC 1559

author: Nasa/ESA/Novapix

reference: a-gax15-59002

Image Size 300 DPI: 29 * 29 cm

Roughly 50 million light-years away lies a little galaxy named NGC 1559. Pictured here by Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3, this barred spiral lies in the southern constellation of Reticulum (The Reticule).

Keywords for this photo:

2018 - ASTRONOMY - BARRED SPIRAL GALAXY - BLACK HOLE - GALAXY - HST - HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - NGC 1559 - RETICULUM - SBc - SEYFERT GALAXY - SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE - STAR - STAR FORMATION -