# @nasa on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BXK_bN-BNtH
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/11735853-nasa-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/a383983016.jpg
- **Posted:** 2017-07-30T13:04:56.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA (@NASA) — https://gondola.cc/NASA

## Caption

This beautiful clump of glowing gas, dark dust and glittering stars is a spiral galaxy located about 24 million light-years away in the constellation of Canes Venatici (The Hunting Dogs). This image comes from the Hubble Space Telescope's first ultraviolet “atlas,” a survey of 50 nearby star-forming galaxies. Astronomers studying this sample are exploring how massive stars form and evolve within such galaxies and this study can help us to piece together the star-formation history of the Universe. 
Image credit: NASA/ESA
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