Stars and Spiral Galaxy NGC 1964 PopWallet+ canvas sited in the harsh environment

sited in the harsh environment of Chile’s Atacama Desert

Image Credit: NASA

It points perpendicular to the plane of the galaxy and is about 20 light years long but only one-hundredth that size in width

and a comparison between the two is available here)

fan-shaped veil of gas and dust

Stars and Spiral Galaxy NGC 1964 PopWallet+ canvas sited in the harsh environmentThis spectacular spiral galaxy, known as NGC 1964, resides approximately 70 million light years away in the constellation of Lepus (The Hare). NGC 1964 has a bright and dense core. This core sits within a mottled oval disc, which is itself encircled by distinct spiral arms speckled with bright starry regions. The brilliant centre of the galaxy caught the eye of the astronomer William Herschel on the night of 20 November 1784, leading to the galaxys