Pictured above is Barnard's galaxy. It is not grand spiral galaxy, the most popular type, that clearly shows the bright blue color supplied by many young stars, but a smaller galaxy that also forms stars. It is relatively close to the constellation called Sagittarius, only 1.5 million light years a way, one of the members of our lockal group of galaxies. Only 7.000 light years across it is classified as a dwarf galaxy filled with the pink hydrogen glow and also the blue light. This image was very well taken and does not filter any colors and because of the closeness of the galaxy most of the colors and detail show up.
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