Discovered by German-born British astronomer William Herschel over 200 years ago, NGC 2500 is seen here by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. NGC 2500 is a particular kind of spiral galaxy known as a barred spiral, its wispy arms swirling out from a bright, elongated core. See https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1728a/
