Hubble catches glowing gas and dark dust in a side-on spiral
Monday, September 24, 2012 - 09:00
in Astronomy & Space
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has produced a sharp image of NGC 4634, a spiral galaxy seen exactly side-on. Its disk is slightly warped by ongoing interactions with a nearby galaxy, and it is crisscrossed by clearly defined dust lanes and bright nebulae.