HUBBLE SNAPS IMAGES OF A PINWHEEL-SHAPED GALAXY (STScI-PRC06-07-Heritage)

FOR RELEASE: 9:00 am (EST) February 7, 2006

PHOTO NO.: STScI-PRC06-07

HUBBLE SNAPS IMAGES OF A PINWHEEL-SHAPED GALAXY

This dramatic spiral galaxy is one of the latest viewed by
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Stunning details of the face-on
spiral galaxy, cataloged as NGC 1309, are captured in this
color image. NGC 1309 was home to supernova SN 2002fk, whose
light reached Earth in September 2002. NGC 1309 resides 100
million light-years (30 Megaparsecs) from Earth. It is one of
about 200 galaxies that make up the Eridanus group of galaxies.
The Hubble Advanced Camera for Surveys images were taken in
August and September 2005.

Credit: NASA, ESA, The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) and
A. Riess (STScI)

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For more information, contact: Keith Noll, Space Telescope
Science Institute, Baltimore, Md., (phone) 410-338-1828,
(e-mail) or Adam Riess, Space Telescope Science
Institute, Baltimore, Md., (phone) 410-338-4509, (e-mail)
.

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