barred spiral galaxy

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On the evening of Sept. 20, 2016, he decided to test a new camera by pointing it at the NGC-613 — a barred spiral galaxy about 65 million light-years from Earth.

From Washington Post

This barred spiral galaxy is a neighbor of our own, the Milky Way.

From Time

Chosen by: Zoltan Levay, imaging scientist, Space Telescope Science Institute “Galaxy NGC1300, a barred spiral galaxy, has this amazing very elegant form as well as interesting colour. Beyond that we also get a strong feeling of depth — if you look closely you can see galaxies that are much farther away.”

From Nature