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Credit & Copyright: Dietmar Hager,
Eric Benson
Explanation:
Spiral NGC 1300 and elliptical NGC 1297 are galaxies that
lie on the banks of the southern constellation
Eridanus (The River).
At 70 million light-years distant or more,
both are members of the
Eridanus Galaxy Cluster.
About 100,000 light-years across, at lower left in this sharp,
galaxy group photo
NGC 1300 is seen face-on
with a prominent central bar and grand, sweeping spiral arms.
Like other
spiral galaxies,
including our own barred spiral Milky Way Galaxy, NGC 1300 is
thought to have a supermassive central black hole.
A contrast in appearance and slightly more distant, NGC 1297 is
the roughly spherical large
elliptical galaxy near the top of the frame.
With little active star formation,
elliptical galaxies
are composed of older populations of stars and are likely
he result of multiple
collisions and mergers with spirals.
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Publications with keywords: spiral galaxy
Publications with words: spiral galaxy
See also:
- APOD: 2026 March 16 Á NGC 1566: The Spanish Dancer Galaxy
- Webb and Hubble: IC 5332
- APOD: 2026 February 4 Á Spiral Galaxy NGC 1512: Wide Field
- Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1365 from Webb
- APOD: 2026 January 14 Á M51: The Whirlpool Galaxy
- IC 342: Hidden Galaxy in Camelopardalis
- NGC 253: Dusty Island Universe