Sponsor for PC Pals Forum
« previous next »
Pages: [1]   Go Down

Author Topic: A Galactic Spectacle  (Read 739 times)

Offline sam

  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Posts: 19977
A Galactic Spectacle
« on: August 06, 2010, 03:34 »
Quote
A beautiful new image of two colliding galaxies has been released by NASA's Great Observatories. The Antennae galaxies, located about 62 million light-years from Earth, are shown in this composite image from the Chandra X-ray Observatory (blue), the Hubble Space Telescope (gold and brown), and the Spitzer Space Telescope (red). The imaging data were taken in 1999, 2003, 2004, and 2005. The Antennae galaxies take their name from the long antenna-like "arms," seen in wide-angle views of the system. These features were produced by tidal forces generated in the collision.

http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2010/25/
Logged
- sam | @starrydude --

Offline Clive

  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Posts: 75153
  • Won Quiz of the Year 2015,2016,2017, 2020, 2021
Re: A Galactic Spectacle
« Reply #1 on: August 09, 2010, 21:28 »
Just look at all those star forming regions!   :o
Logged

Offline sam

  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Posts: 19977
Re: A Galactic Spectacle
« Reply #2 on: August 10, 2010, 06:16 »
quite a few!
Logged
- sam | @starrydude --

Show unread posts since last visit.
Pages: [1]   Go Up
« previous next »
Sponsor for PC Pals Forum