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Hubble showed a dwarf galaxy in the constellation Leo

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The Hubble Space Telescope took a photo of the relatively small galaxy UGC 5189A, located in the constellation Leo. reported this topic According to ESA observatory, Ukrinform. The

Hubble showed a dwarf galaxy in the constellation Leo
The Hubble Space Telescope took a photo of the relatively small galaxy UGC 5189A, located in the constellation Leo.

reported this topic According to ESA observatory, Ukrinform.

The space object itself is located approximately 150 million light-years from Earth.

Hubble is said to have observed this galaxy in 2010 to study a supernova explosion known as SN 2010jl. This particular supernova was known to be extremely bright. In fact, SN 2010jl emitted at least 2.5 billion times more visible energy over a three-year period than the Sun emitted across all wavelengths during the same time period.

Photo: ESA/Hubble and NASA, A. Filippenko
Photo: ESA/Hubble and NASA, A. Filippenko

Even after supernovae have faded to unobservable levels, they can still be interesting to study the environments in which they formed. This can provide astronomers with valuable information: Supernovae can occur for a variety of reasons, and understanding the environment in which they occur can help human understanding of the conditions necessary for them to occur.

Space telescope, Ukrinform reported Hubble captures strange galaxy Arp 122 in a single photoIt consists of two galaxies (NGC 6040 and LEDA 59642) that are in the process of colliding.

Source: Ukrinform

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