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A spiral galaxy, seen at an angle that gives it an oval shape. It has two spiral arms that curl out from the center. They start narrow but broaden out as they wrap around the galaxy before merging into a faint halo. The galaxy’s disk is golden in the center with a bright core, and pale blue outside that. A swirl of dark dust strands and speckled blue star-forming regions follow the arms through the disk.

Hubble Captures an Active Galactic Center

This Hubble image shows the spiral galaxy UGC 11397, which resides in the constellation Lyra (The Lyre).

Image Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, M. J. Koss, A. J. Barth

TakenJune 23, 2025

Image CreditESA/Hubble & NASA, M. J. Koss, A. J. Barth

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