A new image captured by the Hubble Space Telescope shows the galaxy NGC 2217, a barred spiral galaxy that we see almost face-on from Earth, a situation that allows astronomers to study its structure with various instruments to try to understand its evolution. The bar passing through its center is quite faint in this galaxy, but astronomers think it’s important to funnel gas from the galactic disk to its center, where it could form new stars or be devoured by the central supermassive black hole.