dukkha (07-12-2020)
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Hubble is stll capable of surprises after all these years.
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Click to blow your mind, man
https://www.zmescience.com/science/h...44d5-242566177The Hubble Space Telescope produced another gem: a striking image of a galaxy located in the Cancer constellation. Known as NGC 2775, the galaxy is 67 million light-years away from Earth and has fuzzy arms spiraling from if its center.
The ‘fuzzy’ spirals of the galaxy are obscured by clouds of patchy gas, which create the fur-like effect. We tend to think of galaxies as having clearly defined arms (like the Milky Way, for instance), but these ‘flocculent’ galaxies may be much more common.
In fact, spiral galaxies only make up 10% of all galaxies. It’s believed that some 70% of them are either flocculent (like NGC 2775) or a flocculent-hybrid.
dukkha (07-12-2020)
looks like a fuzzy doughnut
cancel2 2022 (07-12-2020)
Cool. Thanks for the link.
https://www.universetoday.com/146850...c-flocculence/
Hubble scientists say the flocculent nature of this galaxy indicate that star formation has been relatively quiet in the recent past. There is virtually no star formation in the central part of the galaxy, which is dominated by a large and relatively empty galactic bulge, where all the gas was converted into stars long ago.
Another "flocculent" galaxy: https://www.universetoday.com/145522...of-flocculent/
NGC 4237 is a spiral galaxy, though it’s hard to tell at first glance. It’s actually a specific type of spiral galaxy called a “flocculent” spiral galaxy.
"Hatred is a failure of imagination" - Graham Greene, "The Power and the Glory"
Can't wait to see how the James Webb telescope shapes up!
https://jwst.nasa.gov/content/about/...bVsHubble.html
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