The next stop on Hubble's #MessierMaraton is the Messier 94 galaxy, located about 16 million light-years away!

In this new image, part of the spiral galaxy can be seen, including part of the starburst ring on the right. Within this bright ring, a high rate of new stars is known to be forming.

M94 belongs to the Messier catalogue of cosmic objects, and these times are ideal for spotting them in the night sky - it might even be the time to look for them all for a real Messier marathon. But no matter where you are, Hubble's Messier images give you a clear and beautiful look at the members of this catalogue.

Here are the details in the image:

On the right side of the image, a pale pink galactic nucleus glows. This is surrounded by spiral arms of dark dust extending towards the centre of the image.
The left side of the image is filled with a dark sky filled with distant galaxies and stars.
Near the centre is a bright patch of reddish stars.
The vertical blurred line in the centre of the image represents a region where no Hubble data were taken.