Hubble image shows NGC 1827 edge-on in galaxy survey
NASA’s October 16 image release highlights an edge-on spiral galaxy and the survey behind the observation.
What the record says
NASA released a Hubble image of NGC 1827 on October 16, showing the spiral galaxy edge-on with dust lanes crossing its disk. The agency places the galaxy roughly 37 million light-years away in the constellation Columba. Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys captured the view during a program studying satellite galaxies around systems similar to the Milky Way. NASA says such observations help researchers examine low-mass galaxies and test cosmological models. Blue areas in the image mark regions where stars are likely forming; a bright object to the left of the central bulge is a foreground star, rather than part of the distant galaxy.
Source details and supporting locations.
Practical next step
View NASA’s image and explanation for the observation’s scientific context.
Limits and what is not established
This is a newly issued image feature, not a claim that the galaxy was just discovered. Distances and star-forming regions are described as approximate or likely in NASA’s account.
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Original sources
NASA Hubble Mission Team: original information