Euclid beholds a distant swirling spiral galaxy

This image shows an area of the mosaic released by ESA’s Euclid space telescope on 15 October 2024. The area is zoomed in 600 times compared to the large mosaic. In this image, a single spiral galaxy (called ESO 364-G036) is visible in great detail, 420 million light-years from us. This image shows 0.0003% of the initial image of 208 gigapixels, that is 1/330 000 of the area of the main Euclid mosaic.

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Equatorial sky coordinates RA/DEC: 06:10:05.23 / -33:31:12.91
Galactic sky coordinates GLON/GLAT: 240.229, -22.641
Area: 0.0004 sq. deg.

[Image description: The centre of the image shows a large white swirl of light, framed by a sea of blackness and a few individual dots and smears of colour in the background. Off-centre to the left of this spiral sits a gleaming circle, the brightest spot of the image. Starting at this white ball of light, sparkling arches trace the shape of a tornado rotating clockwise, spewing glitter into empty space across the image.]