Sculptor Galaxy
The Sculptor Galaxy, 11.4 million light-years away, is seen in these three Spitzer images. The largest is a composite of the two smaller images, each observed during Spitzer's early "cold" mission. Visible in the southern sky, the galaxy is known as a starburst galaxy because its nucleus contains a region of profuse star formation.
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Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech
