Tag Archive for 'Spiral galaxy'

Dey et al. uncovered striking new evidence for a mass migration of stars into the Andromeda galaxy. Image credit: KPNO / NOIRLab / AURA / NSF / Local Group Survey Team / T.A. Rector, University of Alaska Anchorage / D. de Martin / M. Zamani.

Galactic Immigration Event Occurred in Andromeda Galaxy 1-2 Billion Years Ago

Feb 8, 2023 by News Staff

The Andromeda galaxy (Messier 31), which is located 2.5 million light-years away, is the Milky Way’s nearest large galactic neighbor. By measuring the...

This composite image shows Messier 61, a spiral galaxy located 52.5 million light-years away in the constellation of Virgo. Image credit: ESO / ALMA / NAOJ / NRAO / PHANGS.

ESO Releases Stunning New Image of Messier 61

Feb 7, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

The new image of Messier 61, a spiral galaxy located in the constellation of Virgo, combines data taken at radio and visible wavelengths and is helping...

This Webb image shows LEDA 2046648, a spiral galaxy one billion light-years away in the constellation of Hercules. Image credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / Webb / A. Martel.

Webb Spots Large Spiral Galaxy in Hercules

Jan 31, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

LEDA 2046648 is accompanied by a profusion of smaller, more distant galaxies which range from fully-fledged spirals to mere bright smudges. This Webb image...

This Hubble image shows ESO 415-19, a spiral galaxy located some 450 million light-years away in the southern constellation of Fornax. In the top-right there is a smaller, orange elliptical galaxy. 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 the Dark Energy Camera (DECam) on the Víctor M. Blanco 4-m telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory. 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 / J. Dalcanton, Dark Energy Survey / DOE / FNAL / DECam / CTIO / NOIRLab / NSF / AURA.

Hubble Space Telescope Spots Long-Armed Spiral Galaxy

Dec 26, 2022 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have captured a stunning image of the spiral galaxy ESO 415-19. This Hubble image shows ESO 415-19,...

$This Webb image shows NGC 7469, a barred spiral galaxy some 206 million light-years away in the constellation of Pegasus. The galaxy has blue-purple hues with orange-red regions filled with stars. NGC 7469’s companion galaxy, IC 5283, is partly visible in the lower left portion of this image. Also visible is large diffraction spike, which appears as a star pattern over the central region of the galaxy. Lots of stars and galaxies fill the background scene. Image credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / Webb / L. Armus / A.S. Evans.$

Webb Studies Star Formation in NGC 7469

Dec 21, 2022 by Enrico de Lazaro

NGC 7469 is a very luminous, face-on barred spiral galaxy approximately 90,000 light-years in diameter. This Webb image shows NGC 7469, a barred spiral...

This Hubble image shows NGC 6956, a barred spiral galaxy some 215 million light-years away in the constellation of Delphinus. Image credit: NASA / ESA / D. Jones, University of California, Santa Cruz / Gladys Kober, NASA & Catholic University of America.

Hubble Space Telescope Spots Cepheid Variables in NGC 6956

Dec 17, 2022 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have imaged the barred spiral galaxy NGC 6956, which is found in the constellation of Delphinus. This...

This image shows Messier 66, an intermediate spiral galaxy located 31 million light-years away in the constellation of Leo. Image credit: ESO / PHANGS.

ESO Releases New Image of Spiral Galaxy Messier 66

Dec 13, 2022 by Enrico de Lazaro

This image of Messier 66 is a composite of separate exposures acquired by the Multi-Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) on ESO’s Very Large Telescope...

This Webb image shows the merging galaxy pair ZW II 96. Image credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / Webb / L. Armus / A. Evans / Hubble Heritage Team / STScI / AURA / Hubble Collaboration.

Webb Watches Cataclysmic Collision of Two Galaxies

Dec 1, 2022 by Enrico de Lazaro

The Webb team has released a beautiful photo taken by the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope of ZW II 96, a merging galaxy pair in the constellation...

This Webb image shows the center of Messier 74. Image credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / Webb / Hoyer et al., arXiv: 2211.13997.

Webb Focuses on Nuclear Star Cluster of Messier 74

Nov 30, 2022 by Natali Anderson

Using new images from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope as well as archival data from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have studied...

Kishimoto et al. captured a long-sought-after view of the dusty inner region in NGC 4151. Image credit: Georgia State University / CHARA Array.

Astronomers Detect Innermost Dusty Ring of Active Galactic Nucleus

Nov 19, 2022 by News Staff

Astronomers using the Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy (CHARA) Array interferometer at the Mount Wilson Observatory have observed the long-sought,...

This Hubble image shows NGC 7038, a spiral galaxy some 220 million light-years away in the constellation of Indus. The color image is a composite of separate exposures acquired by Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) instrument. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / D. Jones / G. Anand / L. Shatz.

Hubble Space Telescope Zooms in on NGC 7038

Nov 7, 2022 by Enrico de Lazaro

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured an amazing new photo of the intermediate spiral galaxy NGC 7038. This Hubble image shows NGC 7038, a spiral...

This image shows the barred spiral galaxy Messier 77, which lies in the constellation Cetus, about 62 million light-years away. Image credit: ESO.

IceCube Observatory Detects High-Energy Neutrinos from Messier 77

Nov 6, 2022 by News Staff

Messier 77, also known as NGC 1068, LEDA 10266 and Cetus A, is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation of Cetus. This image shows the barred spiral...

This image shows two member galaxies, PGC 36733 (left) and PGC 36723 (right), in the Wild’s Triplet. The galaxies are a mix of pale blue and yellow in color, crossed by strands of dark red dust. A long, faint streak of pale blue joins them, extending from an arm of one galaxy and crossing the field diagonally. A small spiral galaxy, orange in color, is visible edge-on, left of PGC 36723. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / Dark Energy Survey / DOE / FNAL / DECam / CTIO / NOIRLab / NSF / AURA / J. Dalcanton.

Hubble Space Telescope Looks at Wild’s Triplet

Oct 31, 2022 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have produced a spectacular image of two members galaxies of the galactic triplet Arp 248. This image...

This composite image shows Messier 99, a grand design spiral galaxy located 42 million light-years away in the constellation of Coma Berenices. Image credit: ESO / PHANGS.

ESO Releases Incredible Image of Messier 99

Oct 24, 2022 by Enrico de Lazaro

This stunning image shows the well-defined arms of the grand design spiral galaxy Messier 99. This composite image shows Messier 99, a grand design spiral...

Windhorst et al. traced light that was emitted by the bright elliptical galaxy VV 191a (left) through the spiral galaxy VV 191b (right). As a result, they were able to identify the effects of interstellar dust in the spiral galaxy. Webb’s near-infrared data also shows us the galaxy’s longer, extremely dusty spiral arms in far more detail, giving them an appearance of overlapping with the central bulge of the bright white elliptical galaxy, though the pair are not interacting. In this image, green, yellow, and red were assigned to Webb’s near-infrared data taken in 0.9, 1.5, and 3.56 microns (F090W, F150W, and F356W respectively). Blue was assigned to two Hubble filters, ultraviolet data taken in 0.34 microns (F336W) and visible light in 0.61 microns (F606W). Image credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / Rogier Windhorst, Arizona State University / William Keel, University of Alabama / Stuart Wyithe, University of Melbourne / JWST PEARLS Team.

Astronomers Trace Interstellar Dust in Backlit-Galaxy System

Oct 5, 2022 by News Staff

Dust is a key ingredient in both observed and physical properties of galaxies. It obscures and scatters stellar light, and enables star formation by acting...

This Hubble image shows the galaxy pair Arp-Madore 608-333. The color image is composed of near-infrared and optical observations from Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) and the Dark Energy Camera (DECam) on the Victor M. Blanco 4-m Telescope. 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 / Dark Energy Survey / DOE / FNAL / DECam / CTIO / NOIRLab / NSF / AURA / J. Dalcanton.

Hubble Space Telescope Captures Dance of Two Spiral Galaxies

Oct 3, 2022 by Enrico de Lazaro

The Hubble team has released a stunning image of two interacting galaxies collectively known as Arp-Madore 608-333. This Hubble image shows the galaxy...

This Webb image shows IC 5332, a spiral galaxy some 25 million light-years away in the constellation of Sculptor. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / PHANGS-HST team.

Webb Sees Complex Structures in Spiral Galaxy IC 5332

Sep 29, 2022 by Enrico de Lazaro

The Webb team has released a vivid image of the intermediate spiral galaxy IC 5332. This Webb image shows IC 5332, a spiral galaxy some 25 million light-years...

This Hubble image shows NGC 5495, a spiral galaxy some 319 million light-years away in the constellation of Hydra. 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). Five 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 / J. Greene / R. Colombari.

Hubble Captures Amazing New Photo of NGC 5495

Sep 26, 2022 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have taken a detailed image of the spiral galaxy NGC 5495. This Hubble image shows NGC 5495, a spiral...

This Hubble image shows NGC 1961, an intermediate spiral galaxy some 197 million light-years away in the constellation of Camelopardalis. Image credit: NASA / ESA / J. Dalcanton, University of Washington / R. Foley, University of California, Santa Cruz / G. Kober, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center / Catholic University of America.

Hubble Focuses on Enormous Spiral Galaxy: NGC 1961

Sep 15, 2022 by Enrico de Lazaro

NASA has released a stunning photo taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope of the intermediate spiral galaxy NGC 1961. This Hubble image shows NGC...

Bohn et al. identified a new set of previously undetected star-forming regions that are heavily obscured by dust in a starburst ring in the barred spiral galaxy NGC 7469. The area of this image from Webb’s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) is shown by a box in the image of NGC 7469 below. Image credit: Bohn et al., arXiv: 2209.04466

Webb Observes Powerful Starburst Ring in NGC 7469

Sep 14, 2022 by Natali Anderson

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have discovered 36 new star-forming regions in a circumnuclear starburst ring in the barred...

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