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The Hubble Space Telescope captured an image of the spiral galaxy NGC 6951 in Cepheus, highlighting its star-forming circumnuclear ring and the galaxy's dynamic features, providing insights into galaxy evolution and star formation processes.
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured a stunning image of NGC 6951, an intermediate spiral galaxy located 78 million light-years away. The galaxy features bright blue spiral arms, star clusters, and trails of dark orange dust. NGC 6951 is classified as a Type II Seyfert galaxy and is known for its slow-moving gaseous matter at its center. The image also reveals a supermassive black hole surrounded by a ring of stars, gas, and dust. This photo is part of a series of daily image releases by NASA.
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured a detailed image of NGC 6951, an intermediate spiral galaxy located 78 million light-years away in the Cepheus constellation. Known for its star formation history and multiple supernovae events, NGC 6951 features bright blue spiral arms surrounding a white center. The galaxy is classified as a Type II Seyfert galaxy or a low-ionization nuclear emission-line region (LINER) galaxy. At its center lies a supermassive black hole surrounded by a billion-year-old "circumnuclear ring" that has been forming stars. NGC 6951 has experienced several supernovae events, and studying them helps astronomers understand the galaxy's star formation processes.