The galaxy UGC 12158 as seen by Hubble
The galaxy captured in this image, named UGC 12158, is certainly not camera-shy: This spiral stunner faces NASA/ESA’s Hubble Space Telescope’s Advanced Survey Camera, revealing its structure with much in detail UGC 12158 is an excellent example of a barred spiral galaxy in the Hubble sequence, a scheme used to categorize galaxies based on their …