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The Hubble Space Telescope photographed the spiral galaxy NGC 941 in the Chinese constellation, thanks to its Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS). This was reported by the ESA
This was reported by the ESA observatory, according to Ukrinform’s report.
The space object itself is located approximately 55 million light-years from Earth.
It is stated that the motivation for collecting data is not this galaxy. Astronomers were more interested in an event that occurred in the galaxy years ago: the supernova SN 2005ad.
A supernova is a star that suddenly increases its brightness by billions of times (magnitude 20), and sometimes even more.
The location of this “extinct” supernova was observed as part of a study of many hydrogen-rich supernovae, also known as type II supernovae, with the aim of better understanding the environments in which certain types of supernovae are formed.
Although the research was conducted by professional astronomers, SN 2005ad was discovered by the famous amateur astronomer Koichi Itagaki, who has already discovered more than 170 supernovae.
The discoverer of the galaxy NGC 941 is astronomer Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel, who first observed the object on January 6, 1785.
As reported by Ukrinform, the Hubble space telescope took a photo of the spiral galaxy NGC 1566 located in the constellation Golden Pisces.
Photo: set.org / ESA/Hubble & NASA, C. Kilpatrick
Source: Ukrinform
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