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APOD 2011 March 22 - NGC 6384 Spiral Beyond The Stars

This summary describes an astronomy picture of the day from NASA showing the spiral galaxy NGC 6384 located about 80 million light years away. The image from the Hubble telescope shows the galaxy's blue spiral arms and yellowish core spanning approximately 150,000 light years. While the galaxy is very distant, the brighter stars visible in the image are within our own Milky Way galaxy.

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APOD 2011 March 22 - NGC 6384 Spiral Beyond The Stars

This summary describes an astronomy picture of the day from NASA showing the spiral galaxy NGC 6384 located about 80 million light years away. The image from the Hubble telescope shows the galaxy's blue spiral arms and yellowish core spanning approximately 150,000 light years. While the galaxy is very distant, the brighter stars visible in the image are within our own Milky Way galaxy.

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APOD: 2011 March 22 - NGC 6384: Spiral Beyond the Stars

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Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2011 March 22

NGC 6384: Spiral Beyond the Stars Credit: ESA, Hubble, NASA Explanation: The universe is filled with galaxies. But to see them astronomers must look out beyond the stars of our galaxy, the Milky Way. For example, consider this colorful telescopic view of spiral galaxy NGC 6384, about 80 million light-years away in the direction of the constellation Ophiuchus. At that distance, NGC 6384 spans an estimated 150,000 light-years, but this close-up of the galaxy's central region is about 70,000 light-years wide. The sharp image shows details in the distant galaxy's blue spiral arms and yellowish core. Still, the individual stars seen in the picture are all in the close foreground, well within our own galaxy. The brighter Milky Way stars show noticeable crosses, or diffraction spikes, caused by the telescope itself. Tomorrow's picture: red square < | Archive | Index | Search | Calendar | RSS | Education | About APOD | Discuss | > Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (UMCP) NASA Official: Phillip Newman Specific rights apply. NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices A service of: ASD at NASA / GSFC & Michigan Tech. U.

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