Posts Tagged ‘merging galaxies’
Quasar-like “Q”
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.
Mashed “M”
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.
Galactically Linked “L”
NASA, J. English (U. Manitoba), S. Hunsberger, S. Zonak, J. Charlton, S. Gallagher (PSU), and L. Frattare (STScI)
Distorted galaxies form the letter “L” in this image of Seyfert’s Sextet. Six objects appear in this image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope but only four galaxies are interacting. The face-on spiral in the center of the image is a background galaxy five times farther away than the others.
Starburst Special ‘K’
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
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.
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