In this new image clicked by the Hubble telescope, the spiral arms of NGC 3318 are lazily draped, resembling a ship's sails billowing in a gentle breeze, the European Space Agency said.
NASA shares Hubble image of dazzling supernova-prone fireworks galaxy NGC 6946
Stargazers are able to marvel at NGC 6946 with a telescope since it is a face-on galaxy, that observers see it facing them at all times.
Jan 13, 2021 13:57:49 IST
The American space agency NASA periodically shares spellbinding images of outer space, revealing ethereal and unseen sights in vivid and dreamy detail. On Friday, the agency
shared previously unseen views of the NGC 6946 galaxy, better known as the Fireworks Galaxy , which witnesses frequent volatile supernovae that lends to the illusion of a fireworks display. The image shows a supernovae from the NGC 6946, one of ten observed in the galaxy, according to NASA. In comparison to NGC 6946, the Milky Way averages just one to two supernova events per century, the agency said in a statement.