How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful 💙⁣ ⁣ 🔭 Our NASAHubble Space Telescope captured this view of a galaxy a casual 100 million light-years away. NGC 2336 is the quintessential galaxy, which stretches 200,000 light-years across. It was originally discovered in 1876 by German astronomer Wilhelm Tempel, using a 0.28-meter (11 inch) telescope. It’s safe to say this Hubble image is so much better than the view Tempel would have had.⁣ ⁣ ✨ Pictured here, NGC 2336’s spiral arms glitter with young stars, visible in their bright blue light. In contrast, the redder central part of the galaxy is dominated by older stars.⁣ ⁣ Credit: EuropeanSpaceAgency/Hubble & NASA, V. Antoniou; Acknowledgment: Judy Schmidt #Hubble #Galaxy #Space #Spiraling #GlamUp