Friday, 14 April 2023

Hubble Spots a Galaxy with Tendrils


This image taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows JO204, a ‘jellyfish galaxy’ so named for the bright tendrils of gas that appear in this image as drifting lazily below JO204’s bright central bulk. The galaxy lies almost 600 million light-years away in the constellation Sextans. via NASA https://ift.tt/JHIgz3T
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