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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
       Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our   
         fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation   
                       written by a professional astronomer.   
      
                                  2022 October 16   
      
                           Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1300   
                      Image Credit: NASA ESA, Hubble Heritage   
      
      Explanation: Across the center of this spiral galaxy is a bar. And at   
      the center of this bar is smaller spiral. And at the center of that   
      spiral is a supermassive black hole.  This all happens in the big,   
      beautiful, barred spiral galaxy cataloged as NGC 1300, a galaxy that   
      lies some 70 million light-years away toward the constellation of the   
      river Eridanus. This Hubble Space Telescope composite view of the   
      gorgeous island universe is one of the most detailed Hubble images ever   
      made of a complete galaxy. NGC 1300 spans over 100,000 light-years and   
      the Hubble image reveals striking details of the galaxy's dominant   
      central bar and majestic spiral arms. How the giant bar formed, how it   
      remains, and how it affects star formation remains an active topic of   
      research.   
      
                          Tomorrow's picture: burst rings   
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