These images, taken with Hubble’s
Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2), show traces of spiral structure
accompanied by dramatic dust lanes and bright blue regions that mark
areas of active star formation. Detailed observations of NGC 1275
indicate that the dusty material belongs to a spiral system seen nearly
edge-on in the foreground. The second galaxy, lying beyond the first, is
actually a giant elliptical with peculiar faint spiral structure in its
nucleus. These galaxies are believed to be colliding at over 6 million
miles per hour.
NGC 1275 is about 235 million light-years
away in the constellation Perseus. Embedded in the center of a large
cluster of galaxies known as the Perseus Cluster, it is also known to
emit a powerful signal at both X-ray and radio frequencies. The galaxy
collision causes the gas and dust already existing in the central bright
galaxy to swirl into the center of the object. The X-ray and radio
emission indicates the probable existence of a black hole at the bright
galaxy’s center.
These images, taken with Hubble’s
Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2), show traces of spiral structure
accompanied by dramatic dust lanes and bright blue regions that mark
areas of active star formation. Detailed observations of NGC 1275
indicate that the dusty material belongs to a spiral system seen nearly
edge-on in the foreground. The second galaxy, lying beyond the first, is
actually a giant elliptical with peculiar faint spiral structure in its
nucleus. These galaxies are believed to be colliding at over 6 million
miles per hour.
NGC 1275 is about 235 million light-years
away in the constellation Perseus. Embedded in the center of a large
cluster of galaxies known as the Perseus Cluster, it is also known to
emit a powerful signal at both X-ray and radio frequencies. The galaxy
collision causes the gas and dust already existing in the central bright
galaxy to swirl into the center of the object. The X-ray and radio
emission indicates the probable existence of a black hole at the bright
galaxy’s center.
An image of Jupiter taken by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope in ultraviolet, visible, and near-infrared light on Aug. 25, 2020. via /r/spaceporn https://ift.tt/3kwY1RC
