Spiral Galaxy - NGC 1300 Medium:Poster Kepler stared at a single

Kepler stared at a single patch of sky for four years

I headed to the place where I knew I could get some good shots

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the implications of which extend to our own star

including a sophisticated radar

Spiral Galaxy - NGC 1300 Medium:Poster Kepler stared at a singleMajestic NGC 1300 is a marvelous example of a barred spiral galaxy. Unlike in other spiral galaxies where the starry arms curl outward from the center of the galaxy, NGC 1300's arms twist away from the ends of a straight bar of stars that stretches across the galaxy's core. Observational evidence suggests that our own galaxy, the Milky Way, is a barred spiral as well. NGC 1300's spiral arms include blue clusters of young stars, pink clouds that are