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Barred spiral galaxy NGC 1300 photographed by Hubble telescope.

In the core of the larger spiral structure of NGC 1300, the nucleus shows its own extraordinary and distinct "grand-design" spiral structure that is about 3,300 light-years (1 kiloparsec) long. Only galaxies with large-scale bars appear to have these grand-design inner disks — a spiral within a spiral. Models suggest that the gas in a bar can be funneled inwards, and then spiral into the center through the grand-design disk, where it can potentially fuel a central black hole. NGC 1300 is not known to have an active nucleus, however, indicating either that there is no black hole, or that it is not accreting matter.

The image was constructed from exposures taken in September 2004 by the Advanced Camera for Surveys onboard Hubble in four filters. Starlight and dust are seen in blue, visible, and infrared light. Bright star clusters are highlighted in red by their associated emission from glowing hydrogen gas. Due to the galaxy's large size, two adjacent pointings of the telescope were necessary to cover the extent of the spiral arms. The galaxy lies roughly 69 million light-years away (21 megaparsecs) in the direction of the constellation Eridanus.

Español: NGC 1300, una galaxia espiral barrada.

Suomi: Sauvaspiraaligalaksi NGC 1300

Nederlands: NGC 1300, voorbeeld van een balkspiraal

Português: NGC 1300, uma galáxia espiral barrada.

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2004

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This image was selected as a picture of the day for November 11, 2005. It was captioned as followed:

English: Barred spiral galaxy NGC 1300 Photographed by Hubble telescope

Deutsch: Balkenspiralgalaxie NGC 1300, aufgenommen vom Hubble Space Telescope

Français : La galaxie spiralée barrée NGC 1300 photographiée par le télescope Hubble

Español: Galaxia espiral barrada NGC 1300. Fotografiada por el Telescopio Hubble

Deutsch: Balkenspiralgalaxie NGC 1300, aufgenommen vom Hubble Space Telescope

English: Barred spiral galaxy NGC 1300 Photographed by Hubble telescope

Español: Galaxia espiral barrada NGC 1300. Fotografiada por el Telescopio Hubble

Suomi: NGC 1300 -spiraaligalaksi avaruusteleskooppi Hubblen valokuvaamana

Français : La galaxie spiralée barrée NGC 1300 photographiée par le télescope Hubble

Galego: A galaxia espiral NGC 1300 fotografada polo Telescopio Hubble

Italiano: La galassia barrata NGC 1300 fotografata dal telescopio Hubble

日本語: ハッブル宇宙望遠鏡が撮影した棒渦巻銀河NGC1300

Latina: Galaxias spiralis virgatus nomine NGC 1300.

‪Norsk (bokmål)‬: Hubblebilde av spiralgalaksen NGC 1300.

Nederlands: Het balkenspiraalmelkwegstelsel NGC 1300, zoals gefotografeerd door de Hubbletelescoop.

‪Norsk (nynorsk)‬: Hubblebilde av spiralgalaksen NGC 1300.

Polski: Galaktyka spiralna z poprzeczką NGC 1300, fotografia z Teleskopu Hubble'a

Português: Galáxia NGC 1300 Fotografada pelo telescópio Hubble

Русский: Полосатая спиральная галактика NGC 1300, сфотографированная Телескопом «Хаббл»

Slovenčina: Špirálová galaxia s priečkou NGC 1300 odfotená Hubblovym teleskopom

ไทย: ดาราจักรแบบกังหันมีคาน เอ็นจีซี ๑๓๐๐ ถ่ายด้วยกล้องโทรทรรศน์อวกาศฮับเบิล

简体中文: 哈勃望远镜拍摄的正在旋转的棒状河外星系NGC 1300

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