NGC 1433

This view, captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, shows a nearby spiral galaxy known as NGC 1433, a type of very active galaxy known as a Seyfert galaxy — a classification that accounts for 10% of all galaxies. They have very bright, luminous centers that are comparable in brightness to that of the entire Milky Way. In Seyfert galaxies, ultraviolet light is thought to emanate from the accretion discs around their central black holes. Studying these galaxies in UV light is incredibly useful to study how gas behaves near a black hole. This image was obtained using a mix of ultraviolet, visible, and infrared light.