Swirling blue arms shimmer in this galaxy image
NGC 685, Yet Another Barred Spiral Galaxy, Is Slightly More Than Half The Size Of Our Galaxy, The Milky Way, According To NASA. It’s Located Around 58 Million Light-Years From Earth In The Constellation Eridanus And, Depending On The Time Of Year, It Can Sometimes Be Seen From The Southern Hemisphere.

The bright blue spots along its arms signal star clusters that are held together by gravity, while reddish ones indicate the interstellar gas and dust that stars need to form, the agency said.

Credit: NASA, ESA, and J. Lee (Space Telescope Science Institute); Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America)

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