The NASA / ESA Hubble Space Telescope produced this beautiful image of the barred spiral system NGC 2336.
This Hubble image shows NGC 2336, a spiral galaxy located 109 million light-years away in the constellation Camelopardalis. The color image was made from separate exposure in the visible and near-infrared regions of the spectrum with Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS). Three filters were used to sample different wavelengths. The color is the result of assigning different colors to each monochromatic image associated with an individual filter. Image Credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / V. Antoniou / Judy Schmidt.
NGC 2336 is a spiral galaxy located in the northern constellation of Camelopardalis.
Otherwise known as LEDA 21033 and UGC 3809, it lies at a distance of 109 million light-years.
NGC 2336 is a member of a small galaxy group known as the NGC 2336 group.
It also forms a pair that does not interact with the spiral system IC 467.
“NGC 2336 was discovered in 1876 by the German astronomer Wilhelm Tempel using a 28-cm telescope,” said Hubble astronomers.
“This Hubble statue is so much better than Temple would see – Hubble’s main mirror is 2.4 meters wide, almost ten times the size of the telescope that Temple used.”
NGC 2336 has a small rod and at least eight spiral arms.
“NGC 2336 spans a whopping 200,000 light-years,” the researchers said.
“His spiral arms are glittering with young stars, visible in their bright blue light.”
“On the other hand, the redder central part of the galaxy is dominated by older stars.”
“In 1987, NGC 2336 experienced a Type Ia supernova, the only observed supernova in the galaxy since its discovery 111 years earlier.”