NASA Image of the Day: Hubble’s Close-Up of Spiral’s Disk, Bulge
Hubble's Close-Up of Spiral's Disk, Bulge This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows IC 2051, a galaxy in the southern constellation of Mensa (the Table Mountain) lying about 85 million light-years away. It is a spiral galaxy, as evidenced by its characteristic whirling, pinwheeling arms, and it has a bar of stars slicing through its center.