Galaxy IC 2051 in Mensa: Close-up Disc and Central Bulge View | HubbleThis image from the NASA/European Space Agency Hubble Space Telescope shows IC 2051, a galaxy in the southern constellation of Mensa (The Table Mountain), lying about 85 million light-years away. It is a spiral galaxy, as evidenced by its characteristic whirling, pinwheeling arms, and it has a bar of stars slicing through its center.This galaxy was observed for a Hubble study …
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