In burning red.
In the southern constellation Pictor, this peculiar galaxy lies roughly 17 million light-years from Earth. The galaxy is a cosmic oddity; it's irregularly shaped, small, and has recently undergone a surge of star formation – also known as a starburst.
Dwarf irregular galaxies resemble some of the earliest galaxies that dotted the universe – they contain few elements other than hydrogen or helium. The image, captured by @NASAHubble's Wide Field Camera 3, allows scientists to observe the interaction between stars, star clusters, and ionized gas in star-forming galaxies.
Credit: @EuropeanSpaceAgency/Hubble & NASA, R. Chandar
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