In today's image, we see NGC 1365 which is an example of a barred spiral galaxy like our own Milky Way. This is imaged from the James Webb Space Telescope which gives us a view of it in the infrared part of the spectrum. The longer wavelength IR light is better able to penetrate through dust in the galaxy giving us a better look into and a better understanding of these galaxies.

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