2022 February 21 - Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 6217
Channel: APOD Podcast
Date: 21/02/2022

In today's image, we see an example of a barred spiral galaxy - a spiral galaxy with a bar of stars going through its center. Barred spiral galaxies are actually more common that the "normal" spiral galaxies without the bar.

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