09/12/2022
Feast your eyes on the beautiful spiral structure of the Phantom Galaxy, M74, as seen by Webb in mid-infrared light.
Delicate, web-like filaments of dust and gas wind outwards from the center of the galaxy. These spiral arms are traced by blue and bursts of pink, which are star-forming regions. A cluster of young stars glow blue at the very heart of the galaxy.
Read more: https://esawebb.org/images/potm2208a/
Correction: This Webb image of M74 was processed by ESA, with an acknowledgement to citizen scientist Judy Schmidt for bringing this object to the public’s attention with her own, earlier, processed image.
Image credits: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, J. Lee and the PHANGS-JWST Team.
Acknowledgement: J. Schmidt
