This image from Nana's spitzer space Telescope Obtained on thursday oct 14 ,Taken in infrared light source,shows where the action is taking place in Galaxy NGC 1291.The outer ring,coloured red,is filled with new stars that are igniting and heating up dust that glows with infrared lights.The stars in the central area produce Shorter-wavelength infrared light than that seen in the ring ,and are coloured blue.This central area is where the older stars live,Having long ago gobbled up the available gas supply,or fuel,for making new stars.The galaxy is about 12 billion years old and is located int the Eridanus Constellation.It is know as a barred galaxy because a central bar of stars which looks like a blue S in this view dominates its center.
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