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Hubble Examines Entrancing Galaxy in Eridanus<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/smd-cms.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ngc685-1-flat-cont-final.jpg\")
<\/figure>\nNASA\u2019s Hubble Space Telescope\u2019s view of NGC 685 in the constellation Eridanus, the River.<\/div>\nNASA, ESA, and J. Lee (Space Telescope Science Institute); Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA\/Catholic University of America)<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nHubble is sharing a brand new galaxy image every day through October 7, 2023!
Visit our website<\/a> daily, or follow along on X<\/a>, Facebook<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\nNGC 685 takes center stage amid faintly twinkling stars on an inky black background. This galaxy is clearly a barred spiral galaxy with its bright center bar and patchy, curving arms. It is about 58 million light-years away in the constellation Eridanus. NGC 685 lies south of the celestial equator and is visible from the southern hemisphere at certain times of the year.<\/p>\n
British astronomer John Herschel discovered NGC 685 in 1834, and early observers noted its apparent roundness. The whole galaxy is about 60,000 light-years across \u2013 a little more than half the size of our Milky Way. The patches of bright blue along the galaxy\u2019s arms are star clusters, groups of stars held together by their mutual gravitational attraction. Wisps of dark red near the central bar depict interstellar gas and dust, the matter from which stars form. About two-thirds of all spiral galaxies have a central bar like NGC 685. Its intense glow comes from many stars concentrated in a relatively small area.<\/p>\n
<\/figure>Hubble is sharing a brand new galaxy image every day through October 7, 2023! NGC 685 takes center stage amid faintly twinkling stars on an inky black background. This galaxy is clearly a barred spiral galaxy with its bright center bar and patchy, curving arms. It is about 58 million light-years away in the constellation Eridanus. NGC 685 lies south of the celestial equator and is visible from the southern hemisphere at certain times of the year.<\/p>\n British astronomer John Herschel discovered NGC 685 in 1834, and early observers noted its apparent roundness. The whole galaxy is about 60,000 light-years across \u2013 a little more than half the size of our Milky Way. The patches of bright blue along the galaxy\u2019s arms are star clusters, groups of stars held together by their mutual gravitational attraction. Wisps of dark red near the central bar depict interstellar gas and dust, the matter from which stars form. About two-thirds of all spiral galaxies have a central bar like NGC 685. Its intense glow comes from many stars concentrated in a relatively small area.<\/p>\n
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