Science Source Stock Photo - Grand Design Spiral Galaxy, NGC 7424

Grand Design Spiral Galaxy, NGC 7424

Description: Composite color-coded image of another magnificent spiral galaxy, NGC 7424, at a distance of 40 million light-years. It is called a "grand design" galaxy because of its well defined spiral arms. One supernova and two ultraluminous X-ray sources have been discovered in NGC 7424. It is based on images obtained with the multi-mode VIMOS instrument on the ESO Very Large Telescope (VLT) in three different wavelength bands. The image covers 6.5 x 7.2 square arcminutes on the sky. North is up and East is to the right. Release date December 1, 2004.

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European Southern Observatory/Science Source

Unique identifier: SS2709166

Legacy Identifier: JC5861

Type: Image

Size: 3499px × 3900px (~39 MB)

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