Posts Tagged ‘spiral galaxy UGC 10214’

A tadpole swimming in a starry sea

08 June 2010 Written by CritterKeeper 0 Comments

Credit: NASA, H. Ford (JHU), G. Illing­worth (UCSC/LO), M.Clampin (STScI), G. Har­tig (STScI), the ACS Sci­ence Team, and ESA)

This tad­pole, a galaxy called UGC 10214, has a tail made up of stars that’s 280,000 light years long. This odd spi­ral galaxy seems to be swim­ming through space. Long ago, the larger galaxy crashed with a smaller galaxy, seen above and to the left. The crash dis­torted and dis­rupted the Tad­pole Galaxy leav­ing some stars behind.

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A tadpole swimming in a starry sea

06 August 2009 Written by CritterKeeper 0 Comments

Credit: NASA, H. Ford (JHU), G. Illing­worth (UCSC/LO), M.Clampin (STScI), G. Har­tig (STScI), the ACS Sci­ence Team, and ESA)

This tad­pole, a galaxy called UGC 10214, has a tail made up of stars that’s 280,000 light years long. This odd spi­ral galaxy seems to be swim­ming through space. Long ago, the larger galaxy crashed with a smaller galaxy, seen above and to the left. The crash dis­torted and dis­rupted the Tad­pole Galaxy leav­ing some stars behind.

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