The galaxy featured in this Hubble Picture of the Week has a shape unlike many of the galaxies familiar to Hubble. Although its thousands of brilliant stars evoke a spiral galaxy, it lacks the characteristic ‘winding’ structure. The shining crimson blossoms stand out as well, twisted by clouds of du
and its core of older, redder stars. This galactic marvel is known to astronomers as NGC 1156.
NGC 1156 is located approximately 25 million light-years away from Earth, in the constellation Aries. It has a variety of different features that are of interest to astronomers. Airregular galaxy, it’s also classified as isolated, meaning no other galaxies are nearby enough to influence its odd shape and continuing star formation.
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