Tag Archive for 'Spiral galaxy'

This Hubble image shows the barred spiral galaxy NGC 3895. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / R. Barrows.

Hubble Space Telescope Observes NGC 3895

May 25, 2020 by Enrico de Lazaro

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured this vivid image of a barred spiral galaxy called NGC 3895. This Hubble image shows the barred spiral...

This Hubble image shows NGC 5861, an intermediate spiral galaxy located some 85 million light-years away in the constellation of Libra. The image is made up of observations from Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) in the infrared and optical parts of the spectrum. It is based on data obtained through four filters. The color results from assigning different hues to each monochromatic image associated with an individual filter. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / A. Riess et al.

Hubble Captures Stunning Image of NGC 5861

May 11, 2020 by Enrico de Lazaro

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has taken a picture of a spiral galaxy called NGC 5861. This Hubble image shows NGC 5861, an intermediate spiral galaxy...

This Hubble image shows NGC 3147, a spiral galaxy located some 130 million light-years from Earth in the constellation of Draco. Image credit: NASA / ESA / S. Bianchi, Università degli Studi Roma Tre University / A. Laor, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology / M. Chiaberge, ESA, STScI & JHU.

Spiral Galaxies More Likely to Host Complex Life: Study

May 4, 2020 by News Staff

Giant elliptical galaxies are not as likely as previously thought to be cradles of complex life, according to a paper published in the Monthly Notices...

This Hubble image shows the barred spiral galaxy NGC 3583. The color image was made from separate exposures taken in the visible and near-infrared regions of the spectrum with Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3). Three filters were used to sample various wavelengths. The color results from assigning different hues to each monochromatic image associated with an individual filter. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / A. Riess et al.

Hubble Snaps Beautiful Image of NGC 3583

May 4, 2020 by Enrico de Lazaro

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has produced an outstanding image of a barred spiral galaxy called NGC 3583. This Hubble image shows the barred spiral...

This Hubble image shows a spiral galaxy called NGC 4100. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / L. Ho.

Hubble Looks at Stunning Spiral Galaxy: NGC 4100

Apr 27, 2020 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have captured a striking new photo of the spiral galaxy NGC 4100. This Hubble image shows a spiral...

A simulated galaxy image from the FIRE-2 project, representing a structure spanning more than 200,000 light-years, shows the prominent plumes of young blue stars born in gas that was originally rotating and then blown radially outward by supernova explosions. Image credit: Sijie Yu / University of California Irvine.

Stars Born in Outflows May Populate Halos of Milky Way-Like Galaxies

Apr 20, 2020 by News Staff

Clusters of supernovas can cause the birth of scattered, eccentrically orbiting stars in outer halos of Milky Way-mass galaxies, according to new research...

This Hubble image shows NGC 2906, a spiral galaxy located 145 million light-years away in the constellation of Leo. The color image was made from separate exposures taken in the visible and near-infrared regions of the spectrum with Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) instrument. Two filters were used to sample various wavelengths. The color results from assigning different hues to each monochromatic image associated with an individual filter. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / A. Filippenko.

Hubble Space Telescope Captures Beautiful Image of NGC 2906

Apr 13, 2020 by Enrico de Lazaro

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a vivid image of a star-forming spiral galaxy called NGC 2906. This Hubble image shows NGC 2906, a spiral...

This artist’s impression illustrates how high-speed jets from supermassive black holes would look. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / L. Calçada, ESO.

Astronomers Observe Relativistic Jet from Two Merging Spiral Galaxies

Apr 8, 2020 by News Staff

Astronomers using the 8.2-m Subaru Telescope report the first unambiguous detection of a relativistic jet — a beam of charged particles that travels...

This Hubble image shows the spiral galaxy NGC 2273. The color image was made from separate exposures taken in the visible and infrared regions of the spectrum with Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3). It is based on data obtained through five filters. The color results from assigning different hues to each monochromatic image associated with an individual filter. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / J. Greene.

Hubble Space Telescope Spots Multiring Galaxy

Apr 6, 2020 by Enrico de Lazaro

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has produced an outstanding image of a spiral galaxy called NGC 2273. This Hubble image shows the spiral galaxy NGC...

This Hubble image shows the spiral galaxy NGC 4651. The color image was made from separate exposures taken in the visible and near-infrared regions of the spectrum with Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) instrument. Two filters were used to sample various wavelengths. The color results from assigning different hues to each monochromatic image associated with an individual filter. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / D. Leonard.

Hubble Snaps Stunning Image of NGC 4651

Mar 30, 2020 by Enrico de Lazaro

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a detailed image of a spiral galaxy called NGC 4651. This Hubble image shows the spiral galaxy NGC 4651....

This Hubble image shows the barred spiral galaxy NGC 4618. The color image was made from separate exposures taken in the visible and near-infrared regions of the spectrum with Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) and Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) instruments. Three filters were used to sample various wavelengths. The color results from assigning different hues to each monochromatic image associated with an individual filter. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / I. Karachentsev.

NGC 4618: Hubble Spots Spiral Galaxy with Single Arm

Mar 23, 2020 by News Staff

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured an amazing new photo of an unusual spiral galaxy called NGC 4618. This Hubble image shows the barred spiral...

This Hubble image shows the flocculent spiral galaxy NGC 4237. The image is made up of observations from Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) instrument in the infrared and optical parts of the spectrum. Three filters were used to sample various wavelengths. The color results from assigning different hues to each monochromatic image associated with an individual filter. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / P. Erwin et al.

Hubble Spots Flocculent Spiral Galaxy: NGC 4237

Mar 16, 2020 by Enrico de Lazaro

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has produced a spectacularly detailed image of the central region of the spiral galaxy NGC 4237. This Hubble image...

This image, taken with the Wide Field Camera 3 on board the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, shows the central part of the spiral galaxy NGC 1589. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble.

Hubble Space Telescope Observes NGC 1589

Mar 9, 2020 by Natali Anderson

NASA has released a stunning image snapped by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope of the central region of the edge-on spiral galaxy NGC 1589. This image,...

This Hubble image shows the central part of the barred spiral galaxy NGC 3887. The image is made up of observations from Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) in the infrared and optical parts of the spectrum. It is based on data obtained through three filters. The color results from assigning different hues to each monochromatic image associated with an individual filter. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / P. Erwin et al.

Hubble Space Telescope Zooms In on NGC 3887

Mar 2, 2020 by Enrico de Lazaro

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured an amazing photo of the central region of a barred spiral galaxy called NGC 3887. This Hubble image shows...

This Hubble image shows NGC 691, a spiral galaxy located 125 million light-years away in the constellation Aries. The image is made up of observations from Hubble’s WFC3 instrument in the infrared and optical parts of the spectrum. Four filters were used to sample various wavelengths. The color results from assigning different hues to each monochromatic image associated with an individual filter. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / A. Riess et al.

Hubble Space Telescope Views NGC 691

Feb 24, 2020 by Enrico de Lazaro

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has produced this beautiful image of the unbarred spiral galaxy NGC 691. This Hubble image shows NGC 691, a spiral...

This Hubble image shows the central region of the spiral galaxy NGC 4689. The color image was made from separate exposures taken in the visible and infrared regions of the spectrum with Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3). It is based on data obtained through three filters. The color results from assigning different hues to each monochromatic image associated with an individual filter. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble.

Hubble Takes Closer Look at Stunning Spiral Galaxy: NGC 4689

Feb 17, 2020 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have photographed the central part of a spiral galaxy called NGC 4689. This Hubble image shows the...

This Hubble image shows NGC 2008, a spiral galaxy located 426 million light-years away in the constellation Pictor. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / A. Bellini.

Hubble Snaps Beautiful Image of NGC 2008

Feb 10, 2020 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have captured a stunning image of the spiral galaxy NGC 2008. This Hubble image shows NGC 2008, a...

This Hubble image shows the galaxy NGC 4490. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / D. Calzetti, UMass / LEGUS Team / J. Maund, University of Sheffield / R. Chandar, University of Toledo.

Interacting Spiral Galaxy NGC 4490 Has Double Nucleus

Feb 6, 2020 by News Staff

One nucleus in NGC 4490 is visible in the optical wavelengths, while the other is only visible at infrared and radio wavelengths, according to a new study...

This Hubble image reveals a detailed view of the central part of the grand design spiral galaxy NGC 5364. The color image was made from separate exposures taken in the visible and infrared regions of the spectrum with Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) and Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3). Four filters were used to sample various wavelengths. The color results from assigning different hues to each monochromatic image associated with an individual filter. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / L. Ho.

Hubble Focuses on Grand Design Spiral Galaxy NGC 5364

Feb 3, 2020 by Enrico de Lazaro

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a vivid image of the central part of a grand design spiral galaxy called NGC 5364. This Hubble image reveals...

This Hubble image shows NGC 7541, a barred spiral galaxy located 103.7 million light-years away in the constellation of Pisces. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / A. Riess et al.

Hubble Space Telescope Spies NGC 7541

Jan 27, 2020 by Enrico de Lazaro

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has produced an outstanding image of the barred spiral galaxy NGC 7541. This Hubble image shows NGC 7541, a barred...

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