Found images: 2015 November

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HEIC: Through the Elliptical Haze (NGC 2768)

Post by bystander » Mon Nov 30, 2015 2:57 pm

Through the Elliptical Haze
ESA Hubble Picture of the Week | 2015 Nov 30
[img3="Credit: ESA/Hubble, NASA and S. Smartt (Queen's University Belfast)"]http://cdn.spacetelescope.org/archives/ ... w1548a.jpg[/img3][hr][/hr]
Like a lighthouse in the fog the luminous core of NGC 2768 slowly fades outwards to a dull white haze in this image taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.

NGC 2768 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation of Ursa Major (The Great Bear). It is a huge bundle of stars, dominated by a bright central region, where a supermassive black hole feasts on a constant stream of gas and dust being fed to it by its galactic host.

The galaxy is also marked by a prominent plume of dust reaching out from the centre and lying perpendicular to the galaxy’s plane. This dust conceals a symmetrical, s-shaped pair of jets that are being produced by the supermassive black hole as it feeds.
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Re: Found images: 2015 November

Post by Ann » Mon Nov 30, 2015 3:30 pm

starsurfer wrote:NGC 474
http://www.martinpughastrophotography.id.au
Copyright: Martin Pugh
NGC474.jpg
NGC 474 is the large shell elliptical galaxy. The spiral galaxy to the left of it is NGC 470 and the galaxy with tidal plumes is NGC 467.
I absolutely love this incredible galaxy group, and Martin Pugh's image is superb!

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Re: Found images: 2015 November

Post by starsurfer » Mon Nov 30, 2015 6:49 pm

V1331 Cygni
http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1509a/
Copyright: ESA/Hubble, NASA, Karl Stapelfeldt (GSFC), B. Stecklum and A. Choudhary (Thüringer Landessternwarte Tautenburg, Germany)

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