esahubble_opo9510c February 20th, 1995
Credit: Carnegie Institution of Washington
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image of the core of the nearest starburst spiral galaxy, NGC 253, reveals violent star formation within a region 1, 000 light-years across. A starburst galaxy has an exceptionally high rate of star birth, first identified by its excess of infrared radiation from warm dust.
Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA
Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9510c/
Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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