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This Hubble Space Telescope image of UGC 11861 offers a stunning look at a galaxy alive with star formation and supernovae events. Situated 69 million light-years away, its spiral arms and central region shine from ongoing stellar activities. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, C. Kilpatrick
UGC 11861, a barred spiral galaxy nestled in the constellation Cepheus, lies 69 million light-years from Earth. This galaxy is not only a breathtaking sight captured by theResting near the center of the northerly constellation Cepheus, high in the northern sky, is the barred spiral galaxy UGC 11861, the subject of the latest Hubble Space Telescope image.
UGC 11861 is located 69 million light-years away from Earth — which may seem a vast distance, but it’s just right for Hubble to grab this majestic shot of the galaxy’sand the short but brightly glowing bar in its center. Among the cloudy gases and the dark wisps of dust, thisexplosions being spotted in and near UGC 11861, in 1995, 1997, and 2011. The earlier two were both Type II supernovae, a kind that results from the collapse of a massiveat the end of its life.
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