Barred Spiral Galaxies Are Latecomers to the Universe

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Barred spiral galaxy COSMOS 1705033 is located 3.8 billion light-years away from Earth. The galaxy is part of a landmark study of more than 2,000 spiral galaxies from the largest galaxy census conducted by the Advanced Camera for Surveys aboard NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. The observations are part of the Cosmic Evolution Survey (COSMOS). Astronomers assembled this image from observations taken between fall 2003 and spring 2005 with Hubble and the Subaru Telescope in Mauna Kea, Hawaii.

Object Name: COSMOS 1705033

Image Type: Astronomical

Credit: NASA, ESA, K. Sheth (Spitzer Science Center, California Institute of Technology), and P. Capak and N. Scoville (California Institute of Technology)

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Montage Image: COSMOS Barred Spiral Galaxies Image Type: Astronomical/Illustration PRC2008-29a Barred Spiral Galaxy COSMOS 3127341 Image Type: Astronomical PRC2008-29b Barred Spiral Galaxy COSMOS 1161898 Image Type: Astronomical PRC2008-29d Barred Spiral Galaxy COSMOS 2607238 Image Type: Astronomical PRC2008-29e

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