# @nasa on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CMIUglhFgdp
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/11733614-nasa-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/f073ba4932.jpg
- **Posted:** 2021-03-07T19:55:28.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA (@NASA) — https://gondola.cc/NASA

## Caption

How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful 💙⁣
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🔭 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.⁣
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✨ 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.⁣
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Credit: EuropeanSpaceAgency/Hubble & NASA, V. Antoniou; Acknowledgment: Judy Schmidt

#Hubble #Galaxy #Space #Spiraling #GlamUp

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