"There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach." -J.R.R. Tolkien
NASA shares stunning image of âbig, beautifulâ Blue Galaxy 200,000 light years away
In the image shared by NASA, you can spot a bright yellow orb in the centre and the galaxy has millions of shiny dots throughout its arms.
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Updated: Mar 8, 2021, 08:59 AM IST
A stunning image of the “big, beautiful and blue” galaxy GC 2336 was recently captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. NASA said in a press statement that the spiral armed galaxy is quite similar in terms of look to our own Milky Way with its planetary distribution. But the “quintessential galaxy” is nearly 200,000 light-years across and at a distance of 100 million light-years. The galaxy is located in the northern constellation of Camelopardalis (The Giraffe), said NASA.
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NASA’s Hubble Telescope Captures ‘big, Beautiful’ Blue Galaxy 200,000 Light-years Away
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope recently captured a breath-taking image of the “big, beautiful and blue” galaxy GC 2336, which is 200,000 light-years away.
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope recently captured a breath-taking image of the “big, beautiful and blue” galaxy GC 2336. According to a press note, the spiral armed galaxy may look quite similar to our own Milky Way with its planetary distribution and chromatic features. However, the “quintessential galaxy” is nearly 200,000 light-years across and at a distance of 100 million light-years away in the northern constellation of Camelopardalis (The Giraffe).