# @nasa on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx2arFIpzt3
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/11734589-nasa-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/d9e51d0397.jpg
- **Posted:** 2019-05-24T15:26:37.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA (@NASA) — https://gondola.cc/NASA

## Caption

NASAHubble caught a curious galaxy moving a little closer to us…⁣
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Because our universe is expanding, almost all of the galaxies we see in the universe are moving away from us. Messier 90, however, appears to be a rare exception.⁣
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The unusual staircase-like shape of this image is because the camera was made up of four different light detectors, one of which had a higher magnification than the others. In order to combine the images, the high-magnification image needed to be reduced in size.⁣
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Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, W. Sargent et al.⁣
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#NASA #Space #HubbleFriday #Galaxy

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