Holiday Wishes from the Hubble Space Telescope

November 29, 2007 9:00AM (EST)Release ID: 2007-41
Holiday Wishes from the Hubble Space Telescope

Summary

Resembling festive lights on a holiday wreath, this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image of the nearby spiral galaxy M74 is an iconic reminder of the impending season. Bright knots of glowing gas light up the spiral arms, indicating a rich environment of star formation. M74 is located roughly 32 million light-years away in the direction of the constellation Pisces, the Fish. The image is a composite of Advanced Camera for Surveys data taken in 2003 and 2005.

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