] Amid a backdrop of far-off galaxies, the majestic dusty ] spiral, NGC 3370, looms in the foreground in this NASA ] Hubble Space Telescope image. ] ] Recent observations taken with the Advanced Camera for ] Surveys show intricate spiral arm structure spotted with ] hot areas of new star formation. But this galaxy is more ] than just a pretty face. Nearly 10 years earlier NGC ] 3370, in the constellation Leo, hosted a bright exploding ] star. ] ] In November 1994, the light of a supernova in nearby NGC ] 3370 reached Earth. This stellar outburst briefly ] outshone all of the tens of billions of other stars in ] its galaxy. Best Hubble image I've seen yet. |