The Hubble telescope captured an image of an interesting galaxy some 130 million light years away.
NGC 5728, a spiral galaxy similar to the Milky Way but with a particularly energetic core as shown in the Hubble image, is NGC 5728. NASA explained that this is a galaxy class with an "active galactic nuclear (AGN)".
Hubble's valuable Wide Field Camera 3 was installed by astronauts during their final and last trip to service in 2009. It captured intense visible and infrared lighting (infrared, which we can't see but feel like heat)
NASA also emphasizes the fact that NGC5728's energetic center (filled with stars), emits much more light than Hubble or us can see. This means that the galaxy is emitting significantly more light in other wavelengths.
NASA tweeted "This galaxy is greater than meets the eye" from its Hubble Twitter account.
The bright galaxy NGC5728. Credit to ESA / Hubble. Credit to A. Riess and al. J. Greene
The James Webb Space Telescope is NASA's next-generation space telescope and will launch Dec. 18. With larger mirrors, the telescope will be able to see some of our oldest galaxies, as well as observe planet formation in distant solar systems.
