Barred spiral galaxy NGC 1672

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Hubble: Stellar Nursery in the arms of NGC 1672

Science Daily: Spectacular Hubble Image Of Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1672

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NGC 1672, visible from the Southern Hemisphere, is seen almost face on and shows regions of intense star formation. The greatest concentrations of star formation are found in the so-called starburst regions near the ends of the galaxy’s strong galactic bar. NGC 1672 is a prototypical barred spiral galaxy and differs from normal spiral galaxies in that the spiral arms do not twist all the way into the centre. Instead, they are attached to the two ends of a straight bar of stars enclosing the nucleus.

Psalm 8

O LORD, our Lord,
         How excellent is Your name in all the earth,
         Who have set Your glory above the heavens!
       
Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants
         You have ordained strength,
         Because of Your enemies,
         That You may silence the enemy and the avenger.
       
When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,
         The moon and the stars, which You have ordained,

What is man that You are mindful of him,
         And the son of man that You visit him?

For You have made him a little lower than the angels,
         And You have crowned him with glory and honor.
       
You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands;
         You have put all things under his feet,

All sheep and oxen—
         Even the beasts of the field,

The birds of the air,
         And the fish of the sea
         That pass through the paths of the seas.
       
O LORD, our Lord,
         How excellent is Your name in all the earth!