Using the NASA / ESA Hubble Space Telescope, a team of astronomers has captured an impressive image of the spiral galaxy NGC 2008. This galaxy is approximately 426 million light-years distant from Earth in the constellation Pictor el Painter's Easel, between the star Canopus and the Large Magellanic Cloud.
Classified as an Sc-type galaxy , the "S" indicates that NGC 2008 is a spiral, while the "c" means it has a relatively small central bulge and open spiral arms, the Hubble astronomers explained.
"Spiral galaxies with larger central bulges tend to have tighter arms and are classified as Sa galaxies, while those in the middle are classified as Sb type." " Spiral galaxies are ubiquitous throughout the cosmos, comprising more than 70% of all observed galaxies, including ours , the Milky Way," the experts clarified.
It is an especially beautiful galaxy.
