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A nearly face-on barred spiral galaxy anchored by its central region, which has a bright blue central dot surrounded by a lighter diagonal blue bar structure made of a haze of stars. Two distinct spiny pink spiral arms start at the end of the bar, rotating clockwise, and forming an S-shape.

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A nearly face-on barred spiral galaxy anchored by its central region, which has a bright blue central dot surrounded by a lighter diagonal blue bar structure made of a haze of stars. Two distinct spiny pink spiral arms start at the end of the bar, rotating clockwise, and forming an S-shape.
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Arp Bot 🤖 (arpbot@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 28-Dec-2024 09:01:43 JST Arp Bot 🤖

Spitzer image of Arp 16, also known as M66.
In this infrared image of M66 from the Spitzer Infrared Nearby Galaxy Survey (SINGS), we see a stark contrast between the blue core and bar with a concentration of blue older stars, and the pink bar ends and spiral arms that show dust heated by actively forming stars.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Kennicutt (University of Arizona) and the SINGS Team
Source: https://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/image/sig05-016-ngc-3627-m66
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