The glowing, ghostly galaxy in this #HubbleFriday image is called NGC 6684.

Located 44 million light-years from Earth, it resides in the constellation Pavo! Find out more: https://go.nasa.gov/3OqgnUO
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Kick off the weekend with a relaxing view of the tranquil galaxy UGC 12295.

Shining in this new #HubbleFriday image, UGC 12295 is 192 million light-years away in the constellation Pisces.

Discover more about this image: https://go.nasa.gov/3rN4nFd
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@nasa FYI the hashtag #HubbleFriday is throwing errors now: 403 connection refused.

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Just checking in! 👀

Hubble sometimes checks in on our galactic neighbors, like the one featured in this #HubbleFriday view.

Known as ESO 174-1, this galaxy contains a bright cloud of stars, and a faint, meandering tendril of dark gas and dust: https://go.nasa.gov/46oEnjv
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Bound together ✨

Globular clusters, like the one seen in this #HubbleFriday image, are collections of tens of thousands of stars bound by their mutual gravitational attraction.

This cluster is NGC 6544, which is about 8,000 light-years away: https://go.nasa.gov/3XkhXeZ
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Have a happy #HubbleFriday!

This image shows the galaxy NGC 7292, which resides about 44 million light-years away.

NGC 7292 is irregular, meaning that it lacks the distinct spiral arms or elliptical shape that some galaxies have: https://go.nasa.gov/42EDDna
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A "jellyfish" galaxy swims through this #HubbleFriday image!

Known as J0206, its "tentacles" are long tendrils of star formation that trail behind the galaxy's disk.

Read more: https://go.nasa.gov/3oWoe3M
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About 26,000 light-years away, the globular star cluster NGC 6325 shines in this #HubbleFriday view.

Globular clusters are tightly bound collections of stars that contain anywhere from tens of thousands to millions of members: https://go.nasa.gov/3WetrQu
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650 million light-years away, the galaxy JO175 shines in this #HubbleFriday view!

JO175 is classified as a "jellyfish galaxy" due to the tendrils of star-forming gas and dust that trail behind it.

Find out more: https://go.nasa.gov/3pfV9zT
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Galaxy clusters are among the largest objects in the universe!

Studying them helps us learn more about the distribution of mysterious dark matter, which makes up most of a galaxy cluster's mass.

This #HubbleFriday view shows galaxy cluster ACO S520: https://go.nasa.gov/3LCZyFZ
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Take a look 260 million light-years away!

That's the distance to galaxy UGC 678, which shines in this week's #HubbleFriday image.

Find out more about this barred spiral galaxy: https://go.nasa.gov/3KV6611
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The barred spiral galaxy UGC 678 takes center stage in this week's #HubbleFriday. The spectacular galaxy lies around 260 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Pisces.

https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2023/hubble-spotlights-a-swirling-spiral

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Have a stellar #HubbleFriday! ⭐

This image showcases the globular cluster NGC 2419. Globular clusters are roughly spherical groupings of stars bound together by their mutual gravitational attraction.

Explore more: https://go.nasa.gov/3UgX9TY
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The multi-generational globular star cluster NGC 2419 is today's #HubbleFriday!🤩

https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2023/hubble-spies-a-multi-generational-cluster

It is roughly 300,000 light-years away in the direction of the constellation Lynx.

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About 390 million light-years away, the galaxy Z 229-15 shines in this #HubbleFriday image!

Its luminous heart is caused by a disk of material heating as it swirls toward the black hole at the galaxy's core: https://go.nasa.gov/40uKG1z
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Welcome to the galaxy JW100.

Located about 800 million light-years away, it resides in the constellation Pegasus.

Seen at the lower right of this #HubbleFriday image, JW100 is known as a jellyfish galaxy because of its "tendrils" of star-forming gas: https://go.nasa.gov/40fgqHB
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Streams of star-forming gas appear to drip from the disk of galaxy JW100. They formed through a process called ram pressure stripping. The elliptical galaxy, IC 5338, holds two cores which are likely the remains of smaller galaxies consumed by the large elliptical.

Hubble Snaps a Galactic Jellyfish
https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2023/hubble-snaps-a-galactic-jellyfish

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The hazy patch of stars on the right side of this image is actually a whole galaxy!

Seen in this #HubbleFriday view, the dwarf galaxy UGCA 307 resides about 26 million-light years away. The red bubbles of gas mark regions of recent star formation: https://go.nasa.gov/3z4ILop
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A hazy patch of stars, gas, and dust is this week's Hubble Friday. The irregular galaxy UGCA 307 is found some 26 million light-years from Earth in the direction of the constellation Corvus.

https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2023/hubble-sees-a-diminutive-dwarf-galaxy

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Happy #HubbleFriday!

This week’s image shows the galaxy NGC 5486, located 110 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major.

Pink wisps of star formation are seen threaded through NGC 5486, standing out from the galaxy’s diffuse core: https://go.nasa.gov/3ZSGWpO
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