Hubble Image of NGC 4501 (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Hubble Image of NGC 4501

Caption

The subject of this image, a spiral galaxy named NGC 4051 -- about 45 million light-years from Earth -- has hosted multiple supernovae in past years. The first was spotted in 1983 (SN 1983I), the second in 2003 (SN 2003ie), and the most recent in 2010 (SN 2010br). These explosive events were seen scattered throughout the center and spiral arms of NGC 4051.

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ESA/Hubble & NASA, D. Crenshaw and O. Fox

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