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NASA Image of the Day · October 22, 2026

Spiral's Edge

Spiral's Edge
Credit: NASA, ESA, Michael Jones (California Institute of Technology); Image Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America)Licence: NASA media usage guidelinesFull-size image and original page at NASA Image of the Day

Where it is in your sky

Object
NGC 1827 · Galaxy
Constellation
Columba
Best seen
Evenings from October to February; highest at midnight in December
Climbs above 20°
From the South Pole to 33° N
Never rises
North of 53° N
What you need
A larger telescope (200 mm+) and dark skies

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From the source

This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image features the edge-on, intermediate spiral galaxy NGC 1827, located roughly 37 million light-years away in the constellation Columba, the Dove.

From NASA Image of the Day.

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