Webb Captures Luminous, Face-on Spiral Galaxy NGC 7469
Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, L. Armus, A. S. EvansThe photo of the monthWebb's photo of the month for December is dominated by NGC 7469, a luminous, face-on spiral galaxy approximately 90,000 light-years in diameter that lies roughly 220 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Pegasus.This spiral galaxy has recently been studied as...