NGC 1559

The image shows the tilted spiral galaxy NGC 1559 as seen by the James B. Space Telescope. The galaxy contains a clear central region with a distinctive open pattern in the loose spiral arms. NGC 1559 is located about 35 million light-years away in the little-seen southern constellation Reticulum. Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, A. Leroy, J. Lee and the PHANGS team.

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The Hubble Space Telescope photograph of NGC 1559 shows the active star formation regions of the galaxy using special light filters
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