One of the flattest galaxies picture capture by NASA's Hubble
One of the flattest galaxies picture capture by NASA's Hubble
Washington: Astronomers have captured one of the flattest known galaxies in the universe. The NASA / ESA Hubble Space Telescope produced a beautiful image of the spiral galaxy IC 2233, one of the flattest galaxies known, the U.S. space agency said.
Lying in the constellation Lynx, IC 2233 is about 40 million light-years away from Earth. This galaxy has been discovered by British astronomer Isaac Roberts in 1894.
The image was taken with the Advanced Camera for Surveys on the Hubble, a combination of visible and infrared exposures. The field of vision in this image is about 3.4 by 3.4 arcminutes.
IC 2233 is far from typical. This object is a good example of a super-thin galaxy, the Milky Way where the diameter is at least ten times larger than the thickness. These systems consist of a simple disc of stars when seen edge on.
The bluish color around the disk demonstrates the spiral nature of the galaxy, indicating the presence of hot, bright, young stars, from clouds of interstellar gas born.
In addition, in contrast to typical spirals, IC 2233 does not show a well defined substance lane. Only a few small patchy areas can be identified in the inner regions both above and below the galaxy center plane.
Typical spiral galaxies like the Milky Way are usually composed of three main visible components: the disk where the spiral arms and the majority of the gas and dust is concentrated.
The halo, a rough and little atmosphere around the disc that little gas, dust or star formation contains, and the bulge in the center of the disk, which is formed by a large concentration of old stars around the galactic center.
Their orientation makes them fascinating to study, giving a different perspective on spiral galaxies. An important feature of such systems is that they have a low brightness, and almost all of them have no bulges at all.
Washington: Astronomers have captured one of the flattest known galaxies in the universe. The NASA / ESA Hubble Space Telescope produced a beautiful image of the spiral galaxy IC 2233, one of the flattest galaxies known, the U.S. space agency said.
Lying in the constellation Lynx, IC 2233 is about 40 million light-years away from Earth. This galaxy has been discovered by British astronomer Isaac Roberts in 1894.
The image was taken with the Advanced Camera for Surveys on the Hubble, a combination of visible and infrared exposures. The field of vision in this image is about 3.4 by 3.4 arcminutes.
IC 2233 is far from typical. This object is a good example of a super-thin galaxy, the Milky Way where the diameter is at least ten times larger than the thickness. These systems consist of a simple disc of stars when seen edge on.
The bluish color around the disk demonstrates the spiral nature of the galaxy, indicating the presence of hot, bright, young stars, from clouds of interstellar gas born.
In addition, in contrast to typical spirals, IC 2233 does not show a well defined substance lane. Only a few small patchy areas can be identified in the inner regions both above and below the galaxy center plane.
Typical spiral galaxies like the Milky Way are usually composed of three main visible components: the disk where the spiral arms and the majority of the gas and dust is concentrated.
The halo, a rough and little atmosphere around the disc that little gas, dust or star formation contains, and the bulge in the center of the disk, which is formed by a large concentration of old stars around the galactic center.
Their orientation makes them fascinating to study, giving a different perspective on spiral galaxies. An important feature of such systems is that they have a low brightness, and almost all of them have no bulges at all.
Posts
0 comments: