Day 9 of the 2024 Space Telescope Advent Calendar: A dark, dusty galaxy

Day 9 of the Space Telescope’s Advent Calendar 2024: A dark, dusty galaxy This Hubble view of NGC 1546, a spiral galaxy about 50 million light-years away, provides a good image of the dust line from slightly above and light from the galaxy’s core. This dust absorbs light from the core. redden and makes the dust appear rusty brown. The core glowed brightly with yellow light. This indicates that there are many stars. Bright blue regions of active star formation sparkle through the dust.

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