One of the largest Hubble Space Telescope images ever made of a complete galaxy is being unveiled today at the American Astronomical Society meeting in San Diego, Calif. The Hubble telescope captured a display of starlight, glowing gas, and silhouetted dark clouds of interstellar dust in this 4-foot-by-8-foot image of the barred spiral galaxy NGC 1300.

Credit: NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

Acknowledgment: P. Knezek (WIYN)

• Hubble Heritage Release of NGC 1300