Hubble Spies a Spiral Snowflake (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Hubble Spies a Spiral Snowflake

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The striking face-on spiral galaxy NGC 6814, whose luminous nucleus and spectacular sweeping arms, rippled with an intricate pattern of dark dust, are captured in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image.

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Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA; Acknowledgement: Judy Schmidt

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