Tag: interacting galaxies
Galactic Pac-Man
by CritterKeeper on Sep.02, 2010, under Eyes in the Sky
Credit: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration and A. Evans (University of Virginia, Charlottesville/NRAO/Stony Brook University) and G. Ostlin (Stockholm University)
Interacting galaxies form a Pac-Man shape moving in to devour a distant galaxy in this image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope.
Starry Ducky
by CritterKeeper on Aug.24, 2010, under Bugs, birds and other animals
Credit: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration and A. Evans (University of Virginia, Charlottesville/NRAO/Stony Brook University)
Resembling a starry ducky, a pair of faraway galaxies known as IRAS 21101+5810, merge together in a sky crowded with nearby stars from our own Milky Way.
Merging Y
by CritterKeeper on Jul.23, 2010, under Numbers/Letters
NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration, and A. Evans (University of Virginia, Charlottesville/NRAO/Stony Brook University)
Galaxy interactions are always impressive. ESO 593–8 looks like the letter “Y,” swooping eagle or a feather. Explore the NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of these merging galaxies. Do you see any patterns? What stories can you tell?
Polar Ring “t”
by CritterKeeper on Jul.16, 2010, under Numbers/Letters
The Hubble Heritage Team (AURA/STScI/NASA)
An extraordinary polar ring “t” shows the bizarre variety of interacting galaxies in this NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 4650A.
Quasar-like “Q”
by CritterKeeper on Jul.13, 2010, under Numbers/Letters
Credit: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration and A. Evans (University of Virginia, Charlottesville/NRAO/Stony Brook University)
NGC 1614’s bright center glows with a quasar-like brightness in this image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. And with its faint tail, the interacting galaxy resembles the letter “Q” as our starry alphabet hunt continues.
P-Shapes in Phoenix
by CritterKeeper on Jul.12, 2010, under Numbers/Letters
Credit: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration, and M. Stiavelli (STScI)
An older, redder elliptical galaxy and a gas-rich, irregular, blue galaxy merge to form a rough “P”-shape in this image of NGC 454 from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope.
Mashed “M”
by CritterKeeper on Jul.07, 2010, under Numbers/Letters
Credit: NASA, ESA and R. Sharples (University of Durham, U.K.)
Even though galaxies are widely spaced in the universe, they do bump into each other in a cosmic mashup. The dust lanes of NGC 7174, middle right, are mangled to form the letter “M” in this image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope.
Starburst Special ‘K’
by CritterKeeper on Jul.02, 2010, under Numbers/Letters
Credit: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration, and A. Evans (University of Virginia, Charlottesville/NRAO/Stony Brook University)
In the near distance, 150 million light-years away, this pair of galaxies form a ‘K’ shape with their merging and interacting.
Galactic I
by CritterKeeper on Jun.30, 2010, under Numbers/Letters
Credit: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration, and A. Evans (University of Virginia, Charlottesville/NRAO/Stony Brook University)
A pair of interacting galaxies line up to form the letter “I” in this image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. UGC 9618 is in the first stages of merging.
Interacting “E”
by CritterKeeper on Jun.21, 2010, under Numbers/Letters
NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration, and A. Evans (University of Virginia, Charlottesville/NRAO/Stony Brook University)
Two interacting galaxies embrace each other to form a cursive letter “E” in this NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of VV 705.
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