The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) presented another image taken from the Hubble Space Telescope.
This time, a rather curious object is captured - the low surface brightness galaxy UGC 695. It is located at a distance of approximately 30 million light years from us in the constellation Cetus (Cetus).
Low-Surface-Brightness (LSB) galaxies have such a surface brightness that, to an observer on Earth, they have an apparent magnitude at least one fainter than that of the surrounding sky background.
In the central regions of such galaxies, an increased density of stars is not observed. Therefore, LSB objects are dominated by dark matter even in their central regions.
Recall that the launch of the Discovery shuttle STS-31 with the Hubble telescope on board was carried out on April 24, 1990. This space observatory will celebrate its 30th anniversary next year.
Source: 3dnews.ru