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Giant barred spiral galaxy NGC 6872

Posted on Friday, January 11, 2013
Uploaded by Waspie_Dwarf
Giant barred spiral galaxy NGC 6872
Image credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/ESO/JPL-Caltech/DSS

Uploader comment: This composite of the giant barred spiral galaxy NGC 6872 combines visible light images from the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope with far-ultraviolet (1,528 angstroms) data from NASA's GALEX and 3.6-micron infrared data acquired by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. A previously unsuspected tidal dwarf galaxy candidate (circled) appears only in the ultraviolet, indicating the presence of many hot young stars.


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