Hubble NGC 4656 Hockey Stick Galaxy
NASA / ESA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured a spectacular image of NGC 4656, which has been nicknamed the Hockey Stick Galaxy, located 30 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Canes Venatici. The name comes from the galaxy’s elongated, warped stick shape that stretches out through space until it curls around at one end to form a striking imitation of a cosmic hockey stick.