Hubble spots a beautiful spiral galaxy drowned in the lion

The next time you look at the constellation of Leo draped in the night sky, think of everything that goes on there, if it is much more than the few glittering stars that we can see in the night sky. naked eye.

NASA and the European Space Agency have shared an image of the Hubble Space Telescope this week from galaxy NGC 2903. This is a poster depicting a spiral galaxy located in Leo the Lion. Look at his graceful curved arms and his glowing center. It's the Idris Elba of galaxies. I would pay well to see NGC 2903: the movie.

ESA is also in love with spiral galaxies and their poetic features: "These celestial objects that parade in the spotlight combine swirling arms with twinkling star clouds, sparkling gas flares and corridors. dark of cosmic dust, thus creating scenes. "

NGC 2903 is located 30 million light-years away. Hubble captured the glamorous photo while mimicking about 145 nearby disk galaxies. "This study was intended to help astronomers better understand the relationship between the black holes that are hidden in the heart of galaxies like these and the bulge of stars, gas and dust in the shape of a rugby ball", said ESA.

This close-up view of a spiral galaxy offers a nice counterpoint to another Hubble image released this week: Hubble Legacy Field, a vision of the distant universe that encompasses around 265,000 galaxies. They may seem very different, but they both have the power to stir the human soul.