SaedNews: NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day of a barred spiral galaxy showcases remarkable details.
According to SAEDNEWS, At the center of this spiral galaxy there is a bar, and at the center of this bar there is a smaller spiral, and at the center of that spiral lies a supermassive black hole.
According to NASA, all of these phenomena occur in the large, beautiful barred spiral galaxy “NGC 1300,” which is about 70 million light-years away from Earth and is located in the constellation Eridanus.
This image is a composite of this magnificent island universe and is considered one of the most detailed images ever taken by the Hubble Space Telescope of an entire galaxy. The extent of NGC 1300 is more than 100,000 light-years, and the Hubble image reveals remarkable details of the galaxy’s dominant central bar and its magnificent spiral arms.
How this giant bar formed, how it has persisted, and how it influences star formation are still subjects of ongoing research.