Supernova in NGC 1559
The European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT), in northern Chile, takes some amazing pictures. Here is a one taken on the 6th August 2005 showing the barred-spiral galaxy NGC 1559. This galaxy is about seven times smaller than our galaxy - the Milky Way - and is about 50 million light years away in the southern constellation of Reticulum (near the Large Magellanic Cloud).

Spiral galaxy NGC 1559 showing SN2005DF. Image taken by the ESO's Very Large Telescope. CREDIT: ESO/VLT
Posted in astro blog by Stuart on Sunday 28th Aug 2005 (10:09 UTC) | Permalink