Record dimensions
- Morphology
- barred spiral
- Viewing geometry
- face-on / moderately inclined
- Environment
- not modeled in this release
- Scale cue
- large spiral
- Activity note
- NASA source notes no known active nucleus in the cited Hubble release
Field Atlas example · barred spiral
NGC 1300
A prototypical barred spiral and an especially useful representation case because Hubble and Webb views emphasize different structures at different wavelengths.
Representation boundary
Visible-light and infrared views invert which dusty structures appear dark or luminous; color is a mapped representation of filtered data.
This record avoids inferring hidden physical properties solely from the visual class.
Source-backed facts
What this release is willing to state.
These are intentionally compact. The linked institutional source remains the authority for fuller context.
- sourced NASA lists NGC 1300 at roughly 69 million light-years away.
- sourced Its spiral arms connect to the ends of a straight stellar bar.
- sourced NASA’s Hubble description notes a distinct inner spiral structure at the nucleus.
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Spiral Galaxy NGC 1300NASA Science / Hubble
checked 2026-09-15GX-SRC-013checked 2026-09-15