2022 January 14 - NGC 1566: The Spanish Dancer Spiral Galaxy
Channel: APOD Podcast
Date: 2022-01-14

In today's image, we see NGC 1566 which is an example of a spiral galaxy. It is a Seyfert galaxy which is an active galaxy with excess energy coming from the core of the galaxy. 

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