This spectacular space wallpaper of the large spiral galaxy NGC 1232 was obtained on Sept. 21, 1998, during a period of good observing conditions. It is based on three exposures in ultra-violet ...

Our Milky Way is just a spiral galaxy, but NGC 1232 here is a grand spiral galaxy, its diameter twice as long as ours. Everything is bigger in NGC 1232, including the giant satellite galaxy ...

FORS2 can take images of large swathes of the sky and is responsible for some of the telescope's most memorable views, including the Crab Nebula and spiral galaxy NGC 1232. If you're puzzling out ...

Like, say, gorgeous spiral galaxies: [Click to galactinate.] That’s NGC 1232, an open face-on spiral some 65 million light years away. This to me is a perfect spiral: the arms are distinct and ...

The hot gas cloud is likely caused by a collision between a dwarf galaxy and a much larger galaxy called NGC 1232. Observations with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory have revealed a massive cloud ...

Last but not least, NGC 1232 is a beautiful galaxy about 65 million light-years away in Eridanus. The galaxy is classified as an intermediate spiral galaxy — somewhere between a barred and an ...

We see some from above (as it were) or "face-on" -- a good example of this being the whirlpool-shaped galaxy NGC 1232. Such orientations reveal a galaxy's flowing arms and bright core in beautiful ...

Bearing a strong resemblance to the beautiful spiral galaxy NGC 1232, it is located 200 million light-years away from our home Galaxy, the Milky Way. Two main arms emerge from the central regions ...

Like, say, gorgeous spiral galaxies: [Click to galactinate.] That's NGC 1232, an open face-on spiral some 65 million light years away. This to me is a perfect spiral: the arms are distinct and easy to ...

The hot gas cloud is likely caused by a collision between a dwarf galaxy and a much larger galaxy called NGC 1232. If confirmed, this discovery would mark the first time such a collision has been ...

We see some from above (as it were) or "face-on" -- a good example of this being the whirlpool-shaped galaxy NGC 1232. Such orientations reveal a galaxy's flowing arms and bright core in beautiful ...