Gangly Galaxy NGC 4605

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This bundle of bright stars and dark dust in this beautiful space image is a dwarf spiral galaxy known as NGC 4605, located around 16 million light-years away in the constellation of Ursa Major (The Great Bear). This galaxy's spiral structure is not obvious from this image, but NGC 4605 is classified as an SBc type galaxy--meaning that it has sprawling, loosely wound arms and a bright bar of stars cutting through its center.
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA; Acknowledgement: D. Calzetti (University of Massachusetts) and the LEGUS Team

RockportSpur Uploaded by RockportSpur on May 13, 2014. Gangly Galaxy NGC 4605 - Desktop Nexus Space Download free wallpapers and background images: Gangly Galaxy NGC 4605. Desktop Nexus Space background ID 1749374. This bundle of bright stars and dark dust in this beautiful space image is a dwarf spiral galaxy known as NGC 4605, located around 16 million light-years away in the constellation of Ursa Major (The Great Bear). This galaxy's spiral structure is not obvious from this image, but NGC 4605 is classified as an SBc type galaxy--meaning that it has sprawling, loosely wound arms and a bright bar of stars cutting through its center.
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA; Acknowledgement: D. Calzetti (University of Massachusetts) and the LEGUS Team 4.1