![A spiral galaxy with a glowing bright white core, ribbons of orange-brown flowing out from its center, and spiral arms of blue-white and pink stars.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/hubble_friday_10012015-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
NGC 613
NGC 613 is classified as a barred spiral galaxy for the bar-shaped band of stars and dust crossing its intensely glowing center. Its core looks bright and uniformly white in this image as a result of the combined light shining from the high concentration of stars packed into the core, but a monstrous black hole about 10 times that of the Milky Way's supermassive black hole resides at its heart.
Credits: ESA/Hubble & NASA and S. Smartt (Queen's University Belfast); Acknowledgement: Robert Gendler
Image CreditESA/Hubble & NASA and S. Smartt (Queen's University Belfast); Acknowledgement: Robert Gendler
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