NGC 1566 The Spanish Dancer

The Spanish Dancer galaxy, also known as NGC 1566 is a spiral galaxy located in the southern constellation Dorado. The light from the galaxy in this image has taken 40 million years to reach Earth. In other words, this is like looking back in time millions of years. Like all Seyfert class galaxies, NGC 1566 houses a supermassive black hole at its heart.

Constellation Dorado

Distance about 55 million light-years from Earth

Size 7′ across in our sky