esahubble_opo0137a November 1st, 2001
Credit: NASA/ESA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
The appearance of a galaxy can depend strongly on the colour of the light with which it is viewed. This Hubble Heritage image of NGC 6782 illustrates a pronounced example of this effect. This spiral galaxy, when seen in visible light, exhibits tightly wound spiral arms that give it a pinwheel shape similar to that of many other spirals. However, when the galaxy is viewed in ultraviolet light with NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, its shape is startlingly different.
Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA
Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0137a/
Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, None, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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