March 22 (UPI) — NASA said Friday the Hubble Space Telescope has spotted a spider galaxy, an irregular galaxy, about 30 million light-years from Earth. NASA said the relatively faint galaxy, which had not been observed before, has a distinct and descriptive name: the Spider Galaxy.
Published Mar 25, 2024 2:30 PM CETNASA said Friday the Hubble Space Telescope has spotted a"spider galaxy" called UGC 5829 that's about 30 million light-years from Earth.
NASA said the relatively faint galaxy, which had not been observed before, has a distinct and descriptive name: the Spider Galaxy. That's because it has distorted galactic arms resembling a spider., known as UGC 5829, was identified from two different Hubble observing programs. Each of those observations took roughly 95 minutes or one Hubble orbit. They provided an archival record of various types of stars in different galaxies and environments.
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