In this view of the center of the magnificent barred spiral galaxy NGC 1512, the Hubble telescope reveals a stunning 2,400 light-year-wide circle of infant star clusters. Astronomers generally believe that the giant bar, which is too faint to be seen in this image, funnels the gas to the inner ring, where massive stars are formed within numerous star clusters. Located 30 million light-years away, NGC 1512 is a neighbor of our Milky Way galaxy.
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Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1512 in Many Wavelengths
In this view of the center of the magnificent barred spiral galaxy NGC 1512, NASA Hubble Space Telescope's broad spectral vision reveals the galaxy at all wavelengths from ultraviolet to infrared. The colors (which indicate differences in light intensity) map where newly born...
NGC 1512 in Multiple Wavelengths
Astronomers used this panel of single-color images to construct the colorful picture of the ring of star clusters surrounding the core of the galaxy NGC 1512. These pictures were taken by the NASA Hubble Space Telescope's Faint Object Camera (FOC), Wide Field and Planetary...
Wide view of Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1512
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Claire Andreoli
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, Maryland
claire.andreoli@nasa.gov