The space object is located approximately 130 million light years from Earth, south of the celestial equator.
The Hubble Space Telescope has revealed the spiral galaxy IC 438, located approximately 130 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Hare. This was reported by the ESA Observatory.
It is known that the constellation lies south of the celestial equator and is surrounded by the constellations Canis Major and Orion. In addition, it is officially recognized by the International Astronomical Union (IAU).
The reason for Hubble’s study of this galaxy is the explosion of a type Iax supernova that occurred in 2017, a type of supernova that originates from a binary system of two stars.
“Although these data were obtained three years after the supernova explosion and are therefore not visible in this image, much can still be learned by studying the effects of supernova explosions like this one ,” astronomers said.
It was previously reported that a team of astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope discovered the most distant and oldest black hole ever seen.
Source: korrespondent
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