Hubble NGC 1309 Spiral Galaxy Eridanus
Located 100 million light-years away in the constellation Eridanus is the spiral galaxy NGC 1309. Swirling arms of blue star clusters, dark dust lanes and a glowing core. NASA / ESA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured this stunning image that not only shows the galaxy’s details but also hundreds of distant galaxies as tiny specks in the background. A Milky Way star with diffraction spikes near the top of the frame anchors our perspective in this vast scene.