Astronomy Picture of the Day [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2022 October 16 [2]The featured image shows a the big beautiful barred spiral galaxy NGC 1300 with encompassing spiral arms tinted blue from young stars. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1300 Image Credit: [3]NASA [4]ESA, [5]Hubble Heritage Explanation: Across the center of this spiral galaxy is a [6]bar. And at the center of this bar is smaller [7]spiral. And at the center of that spiral is a [8]supermassive black hole. This all happens in the big, beautiful, [9]barred spiral galaxy cataloged as NGC 1300, a galaxy that lies some 70 million light-years away toward the [10]constellation of the river Eridanus. This [11]Hubble Space Telescope [12]composite view of the gorgeous [13]island universe is one of the [14]most detailed Hubble images ever made of a complete galaxy. [15]NGC 1300 spans over 100,000 [16]light-years and the Hubble image reveals striking details of the galaxy's dominant central bar and majestic spiral arms. How the giant bar formed, how it remains, and how it affects [17]star formation remains an [18]active topic of research. Tomorrow's picture: burst rings __________________________________________________________________ [19]< | [20]Archive | [21]Submissions | [22]Index | [23]Search | [24]Calendar | [25]RSS | [26]Education | [27]About APOD | [28]Discuss | [29]> __________________________________________________________________ Authors & editors: [30]Robert Nemiroff ([31]MTU) & [32]Jerry Bonnell ([33]UMCP) NASA Official: Phillip Newman [34]Specific rights apply. [35]NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices A service of: [36]ASD at [37]NASA / [38]GSFC, [39]NASA Science Activation & [40]Michigan Tech. U. References 1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2210/NGC1300_HST_6637.jpg 3. https://www.nasa.gov/ 4. https://www.esa.int/ 5. https://illuminateduniverse.org/2020/02/27/hubble-heritage-archive-information-center/ 6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barred_spiral_galaxy#Bars 7. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080517.html 8. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap180729.html 9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barred_spiral_galaxy 10. http://www.hawastsoc.org/deepsky/eri/index.html 11. https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/main/index.html 12. https://hubblesite.org/contents/media/images/2005/01/1636-Image.html 13. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200426.html 14. https://www.johnlund.com/Images/Funny-Amazed-Cats.jpg 15. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_1300 16. https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/light-year/en/ 17. https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/focus-areas/how-do-stars-form-and-evolve 18. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021MNRAS.502.2238M/abstract 19. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap221015.html 20. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 21. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html 22. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html 23. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search 24. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html 25. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss 26. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html 27. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html 28. http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=221016 29. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap221017.html 30. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html 31. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ 32. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html 33. http://www.astro.umd.edu/ 34. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 35. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html 36. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 37. https://www.nasa.gov/ 38. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ 39. https://science.nasa.gov/learners 40. http://www.mtu.edu/