NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captures unique image of NGC 3783, a bright barred spiral galaxy located approximately 130 million light-years away from Earth. This galaxy is part of the NGC 3783 galaxy group, which is a collection of gravitationally bound galaxies. Galaxy groups are smaller and less massive formations compared to galaxy clusters, which can contain hundreds or even thousands of galaxies. While galaxy clusters are well-known for their large number of members, galaxy groups typically have fewer than 50 galaxies.
The Milky Way, our own galaxy, is also part of a galaxy group called the Local Group, which includes two other large galaxies – Andromeda and the Triangulum galaxy – as well as several satellite and dwarf galaxies. The NGC 3783 galaxy group consists of 47 galaxies and appears to be in an early stage of evolution, making it a fascinating subject for further study.
