Hubble reveals quadruple spiral galaxy in space
- December 25, 2023
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The Hubble Space Telescope captured four spiral galaxies NGC 1356, LEDA 467699, LEDA 95415, and IC 1947 in a single image. This was reported by the ESA observatory,
The Hubble Space Telescope captured four spiral galaxies NGC 1356, LEDA 467699, LEDA 95415, and IC 1947 in a single image.
This was reported by the ESA observatory, according to Ukrinform’s report.
Spiral galaxies are a type of galaxy whose most distinctive feature is the presence of a spiral structure in its disk.
This image is said to be a really interesting example of how difficult it is to tell whether two galaxies are actually close together or just appear that way from our perspective on Earth.
For example, although NGC 1356 and LEDA 95415 appear so close to each other, the former is approximately 550 million light-years away from Earth, while the latter is approximately 840 million light-years away from our planet. Therefore, the difference between these two space objects is almost 300 million light years.
This also means that LEDA 95415 is not so much smaller than NGC 1356 as it appears to us in the photo.
On the other hand, although NGC 1356 and IC 1947 appear to be separated by a “relative gulf” in this image, IC 1947 is only about 500 million light-years from Earth.
As reported by Ukrinform, the Hubble space telescope photographed the interacting galaxy system Arp-Madore 2105-332 in the small constellation Microscope.
Photo: ESA
Source: Ukrinform
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