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Spiral galaxy NGC 4254's dazzling swirls phys.org | 2024 Feb 13 https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/800a/2024/spiral-galaxy-ngc-4254.jpg I t's oh-so-easy to be mesmerized by this spiral galaxy. Follow its clearly defined arms, which are brimming with stars, to its center, where there may be old star cl...

3C 273 Host Galaxy with Hubble Space Telescope Coronagraphy Bin B. Ren, Kevin Fogarty, John H. Debes, Eileen T. Meyer, Youbin Mo, Dimitri Mawet, Marshall D. Perrin, Patrick M. Ogle, Johannes Sahlmann ARXIV | Preprint 2024 Feb 24 https://cdn.masto.host/astrodonsocial/cache/media_attachments/files/11...

Very cool to see all the "dueling" posts with various images showing different types of "perpendicular core outflows". Thanks Ann and Jac! ThanX Johnny - “Dancing" black holes are also aesthetically beautiful to look at 8-) Jac https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/5353402765...

3C 273 Host Galaxy with Hubble Space Telescope Coronagraphy Bin B. Ren, Kevin Fogarty, John H. Debes, Eileen T. Meyer, Youbin Mo, Dimitri Mawet, Marshall D. Perrin, Patrick M. Ogle, Johannes Sahlmann ARXIV | Preprint 2024 Feb 24 https://cdn.masto.host/astrodonsocial/cache/media_attachments/files/11...

I'm not surprised you discovered a new nebula with such a deep and beautiful photo, congratulations! I personally think it is a planetary nebula in our galaxy that shares the line of sight with M33. A weird coincidence, a new PN discovery near NGC 2403 was announced recently . OK. I agree that ther...

... However, I suspect that core outflows from galaxies may happen from time to time, but I also think that they are transient phenomena. Consider the X-ray bubbles of the Milky Way: https://assets.newatlas.com/dims4/default/082ba88/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1400x933+0+0/resize/840x560!/quality/90...

ThanX Ann I would put that into perspective a bit. In the optical wavelengths, perhaps yes. If we compare with other wavelengths like IR, the oval shape suddenly looks anything but oval and the galaxy is suddenly barred too... Jac https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53531593388_1062ccf59e_c.jpg NGC...

Today's APOD is very nice "classic" portrait of NGC 253 that shows us the nitty gritty of this galaxy: the perfect oval outline of the disk, the yellow inner region, the blue disk, the occasional small pink dots of emission nebulas, and the chaotic jumble of broken dust lanes and dust clo...

08.02.2024 I HST: Galaxy AM 1054-325 - Hubble detects celestial 'string of pearls' star clusters in galaxy collisions NASA/ESA | Original release 2024 Feb 09 https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/800a/2024/hubble-detects-celesti.jpg When spectacular cosmic events such as galaxy collisions occur, it sets ...

07.02.2024 I HST: Hubble Views Irregular Galaxy ESO 245-5 NASA/ESA | Original release 2024 Feb 05 https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/800a/2024/hubble-spots-a-galaxy.jpg This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows a densely packed field of stars laid upon a background of dust, gas, and light from ...

06.02.2024 I HST: ARP 271 - Hubble Sees a Bridge of Stars Connecting Two Galaxies Universe Today | Original release 2024 Jan 31 https://www.universetoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/ARP-271-pair-.jpg ... ARP 271 is one of the interacting pairs of galaxies imaged by Hubble. ARP 271 contains NGC 5...

05.02.2024 I Gemini South Captures Twisted Dusty Disk of NGC 4753 noirlab | Original release 2024 Jan 25 https://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/newsfeature/noirlab2403a.jpg Tangled dust lanes winding throughout the galactic halo of NGC 4753 suggest a turbulent merger with a dwarf galaxy o...

04.02.2024 I HST: Hubble captures throng of spiral galaxies phys.org | Original release 2023 Dez 29 https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/hubble-ngc1356-potw2352a.jpg?w=2560&format=webp This Hubble Picture of the Week features a richness of spiral galaxies: the large, prominent sp...

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/S_240214.jpg Rosette Deep Field Explanation: Can you find the Rosette Nebula? The large, red , and flowery-looking nebula on the upper left may seem the obvious choice, but that is actually just diffuse hydrogen emission surrounding the Cone and Fox Fur Nebulas ....

"Note how beautifully regular UGC 11105 really is, and note how little star formation there is in the arms. These two factors go hand in hand. A lot of star formation will, frankly, mess up the shape of the arms." Ann ThanX Ann 4 your comment! That's an interesting theory. Where active st...

03.02.2024 I UGC 5189A - This Galaxy Hosted One of the Most Powerful Supernovae Ever Seen universe today | Original release 2024 Jan 23 https://www.universetoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/UGC-5189A-supernova-hubble.jpg In 2010, an exceptionally luminous supernova exploded in a small galaxy abo...

02.02.2024 I UGC 11105 - Hubble Pictures of the Week NASA/ESA | Original release 2024 Jan 29 https://cdn.esahubble.org/archives/images/screen/potw2405a.jpg This image of the spiral galaxy UGC 11105 is not as bright and vivid as some other Hubble Pictures of the Week. This softly luminous galaxy — l...

01.02.2024 I HST: Hubble captures a suspected galaxy encounter phys.org | Original release 2024 Feb 01 https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/800a/2024/hubble-captures-a-susp.jpg UGC 3912 is classified as a spiral galaxy, but you wouldn't know it from this detailed NASA HST image. UGC 3912's distorted sha...

Team of astronomers discovers galaxy that shouldn't exist phys.org | 2024 feb 02 https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/800a/2024/team-of-astronomers-le.jpg "A team of astronomers, led by Arizona State University Assistant Research Scientist Tim Carleton, has discovered a dwarf galaxy that appeared i...

31.01.2024 I Arp 300: Hubble Observes an Askew Galaxy Coaxing Star Formation from its Partner NASA/ESA | Original release 2024 Jan 23 https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/hubble-arp300-1-flat-cont-final.jpg?w=4096&format=webp Arp 300 consists of two interacting galaxies, UGC 0502...

31.01.2024 I Arp 300: Hubble Observes an Askew Galaxy Coaxing Star Formation from its Partner NASA/ESA | Original release 2024 Jan 23 https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/hubble-arp300-1-flat-cont-final.jpg?w=4096&format=webp Arp 300 consists of two interacting galaxies, UGC 0502...

"NGC 1365's prominent bar plays a crucial role" .. Sorry, but where is the "bar" ? I zoomed and zoomed.. maybe I am challenged to see shapes OR people who think there's a bar are falling to brain's "looking for shapes and patterns" bias/tendency ? APOD 1 February 2024 ...

Supernova remnant SS 433 - NASA's IXPE Helps Researchers Maximize 'Microquasar' Findings NASA / ESA | 2024 Jan 17 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/ss433/ss433_rollover_525.jpg ABSTRACT This composite image of the Manatee Nebula captures the jet emanating from SS 433, a black hole pulling mate...

29.01.2024 I Hubble captures Arp 295 NASA/ESA | Original release 2024 Jan 26 https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/800a/2024/image-hubble-captures.jpg One of the galaxies from a galactic group known as Arp 295 is visible in this new NASA Hubble Space Telescope image, along with part of the faint 250,000-...

M87*'s Event Horizon Image. One Year Later universe today | 2024 Jan 19 "In the new image, however, the brightest part of a ring surrounding the black hole has shifted counterclockwise by about 30°. That could be because of random churning in the disk of material that swirls around the black h...