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Samantha Mathewson

Hubble Space Telescope spies 'irregular' spiral galaxy in Ursa Major (photo)

The Hubble Space Telescope photographed the irregular spiral galaxy NGC 5486, which lies 110 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Ursa Major.  (Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, C. Kilpatrick)

A new image from the Hubble Space Telescope captures the sinuous spiral arms of a distant galaxy budding with new stars.  

Known as NGC 5486, this irregular spiral galaxy lies 110 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Ursa Major. It is classified as an irregular galaxy because it doesn't have a defined shape or structure, likely distorted by the gravity of a larger neighbor.

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