Hubble views bar in galaxy

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a strikingly detailed image of the starlit arms, glowing gas, and dark dust clouds of a galaxy known as a barred spiral. Dubbed NGC 1300, the galaxy lies 69 million light-years from Earth.

BAR SCENE Composite view of the spiral galaxy NGC 1300 recorded in visible and infrared light. The galaxy shows a central spiral structure with a bar 3,300 light-years long.