Spiral galaxy NGC 3982 in Ursa Major

by: ESA/Novapix
Reference: a-gax39-82001
Date: 2006-09-11

The beautiful galaxy NGC 3982 is a typical spiral galaxy and looks just as our own galaxy, the Milky Way, would if we could view it face on. It harbours a huge black hole at its core and has massive regions of star formation in the bright blue knots in the spiral arms.

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