Hubble Snaps Images of a Pinwheel-Shaped Galaxy

Hubble Snaps Images of a Pinwheel-Shaped Galaxy

Looking like a child's pinwheel ready to be set a spinning by a gentle breeze, this dramatic spiral galaxy is one of the latest viewed by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Stunning details of the face-on spiral galaxy, cataloged as NGC 1309, are captured in this color image. Recent...

Lick Observatory Ground-Based Image of SN2002fk in NGC 1309

SN2002fk as observed from Lick Observatory Kait 0.76 meter telescope in 2002. The location of the supernova is marked on the 2005 Hubble ACS image.

Full ACS Field of NGC 1309

This image of NGC 1309 extends out to the physical edge of the ACS field. The image was taken in 2005. NGC 1309 is 100 million light-years (30 Megaparsecs) distant.