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. 2024 June 21 [2]See Explanation. Clicking on the picture will download the highest resolution version available. Hubble's NGC 1546 Image Credit: [3]NASA, ESA, STScI, David Thilker (JHU) Explanation: [4]Returning to science operations on June 14, the Hubble Space Telescope used its new [5]pointing mode to capture this sharp image of [6]spiral galaxy NGC 1546. A member of the [7]Dorado galaxy group, the island universe lies a mere 50 million light-years away. The galactic disk of NGC 1546 is tilted to our line-of-sight, with the yellowish light of the old stars and bluish regions of newly formed stars shining through the galaxy's dust lanes. More distant background galaxies are scattered throughout this Hubble view. Launched in 1990, Hubble has been [8]exploring the cosmos for more than three decades, recently celebrating its 34th anniversary. Tomorrow's picture: light-weekend __________________________________________________________________ [9]< | [10]Archive | [11]Submissions | [12]Index | [13]Search | [14]Calendar | [15]RSS | [16]Education | [17]About APOD | [18]Discuss | [19]> __________________________________________________________________ Authors & editors: [20]Robert Nemiroff ([21]MTU) & [22]Jerry Bonnell ([23]UMCP) NASA Official: Amber Straughn [24]Specific rights apply. [25]NASA Web Privacy, [26]Accessibility Notices A service of: [27]ASD at [28]NASA / [29]GSFC, [30]NASA Science Activation & [31]Michigan Tech. U. References 1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2406/NGC1546compassHST.jpg 3. https://hubblesite.org/ 4. https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/nasa-releases-hubble-image-taken-in-new-pointing-mode/ 5. https://science.nasa.gov/mission/hubble/observatory/design/pointing-control/ 6. https://hubblesite.org/contents/media/images/2024/026/01J0P5R2SHWT62980ADZE5AZ7X 7. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020A&A...643A.176R/abstract 8. https://science.nasa.gov/mission/hubble/science/science-highlights/ 9. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240620.html 10. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 11. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html 12. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html 13. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search 14. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html 15. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss 16. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html 17. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html 18. http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=240621 19. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240622.html 20. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html 21. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ 22. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html 23. http://www.astro.umd.edu/ 24. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 25. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html 26. https://www.nasa.gov/general/accessibility/ 27. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 28. https://www.nasa.gov/ 29. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ 30. https://science.nasa.gov/learners 31. http://www.mtu.edu/