Astronomy Picture of the Day- Government shutdown so no APOD Today. I will dig up some of my favorites - Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1300

NASA ^ | 11 Jun, 2020 | Image Credit: Hubble Heritage Team, ESA, NASA

[MtnClimber]

Explanation: Big, beautiful, barred spiral galaxy NGC 1300 lies some 70 million light-years away on the banks of the constellation Eridanus. This Hubble Space Telescope composite view of the gorgeous island universe is one of the largest Hubble images ever made of a complete galaxy. NGC 1300 spans over 100,000 light-years and the Hubble image reveals striking details of the galaxy's dominant central bar and majestic spiral arms. In fact, on close inspection the nucleus of this classic barred spiral itself shows a remarkable region of spiral structure about 3,000 light-years across. Like other spiral galaxies, including our own Milky Way, NGC 1300 is thought to have a supermassive central black hole.

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[Nateman]

The interstellar comet 3i-Atlas made its closest approach to the planet Mars this Friday. We won't get to see any pictures from the HiRISE telescope in Mars or it until after the shutdown I suppose .

[Nateman]

Orbit

[Delta 21]

He is my current desktop.

[telescope115]

That’s a beautiful barred spiral!

[SkyDancer]

Nice.