A photo captured by the space telescope Hubble from the NASA (United States Space Agency), managed to capture the Galaxy spiral IC 4633. The system is rich in star formation activity and has an active galactic nucleus.
According to information from the European Space Agency, partial visualization of the galaxy is possible because its position is tilted towards Earth. It was possible to record the image even though the structure is in the constellation Apus, which is 100 million light years away from us.
What prevents it from being seen completely is a nebula (which can be seen in the lower right corner of the photo above). It is a cosmic cloud formed by space dust, plasma and hydrogen.
The nebula covering IC 4633 in the image is in the Chamaleon star-forming region, which is 500 light-years from Earth, close to the Milky Way.
It is known as MW9 and Southern Celestial Serpent and is not close to any stars. Therefore, it is only possible to see it because it is illuminated by the light of all the stars in the galaxy.
Source: CNN Brasil
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