NGC 1398 Wall Art Size:SMALL (8 x 8) Although planets will later congeal

Although planets will later congeal in the disk

Located 300 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices

stand out as exaggerated purple

Brazil and New Zealand (although New Zealand's flag does not include Epsilon Crucis)

causing new stars to form within it

NGC 1398 Wall Art Size:SMALL (8 x 8) Although planets will later congealThis weeks picture shows spectacular ribbons of gas and dust wrapping around the pearly centre of the barred spiral galaxy NGC 1398. This galaxy is located in the constellation of Fornax (The Furnace), approximately 65 million light years away. Rather than beginning at the very middle of the galaxy and swirling outwards, NGC 1398s graceful spiral arms stem from a straight bar, formed of stars, that cuts through the galaxys central region. Most spiral