Spiral Galaxy NGC 24
This spiral galaxy sits approximately 25 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Sculptor. Named NGC 24, the galaxy was discovered by British astronomer William Herschel in 1785, and measures some 40,000 light-years across. The picture was taken using the Hubble Space Telescope's Advanced Camera for Surveys. It shows NGC 24 in detail, highlighting the blue bursts (young stars), dark lanes (cosmic dust), and red bubbles (hydrogen gas) of material peppered throughout the galaxy's spiral arms. Numerous distant galaxies can also been seen hovering around NGC 24's perimeter.
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