Tag: irregular galaxy
Starry Bug
by CritterKeeper on Feb.03, 2010, under Bugs, birds and other animals
Credit: NASA & ESA
Floating like a bug under a microscope, I Zwicky 18 is an odd-looking galaxy. Astronomers previously thought this peculiar galaxy was very young because it resembles galaxies typically found in the early universe. But images from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope show older stars within the galaxy leading scientists to update their ideas. They now believe I Zwicky 18 was born about the same time as the Milky Way Galaxy and the Andromeda Galaxy.
Galactic Starburst
by CritterKeeper on Oct.15, 2009, under General
Credit: NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
This galaxy appears to be bursting at the seams. The Starburst Galaxy, also called M82 and NGC 3034, shows a bright blue disk surrounded by wispy dark streams of dust and plumes of glowing hydrogen streaking out of its center. M82 is considered by astronomers to be an irregular galaxy because it has no definite shape.
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