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StellarSnap
StellarSnap
@stellarsnap.bsky.social
9 months ago
A stunning deep-sky image of spiral galaxy NGC 4651, also known as the Umbrella Galaxy. The bright disk of the galaxy is surrounded by a faint, umbrella-shaped arc of stars—a tidal stream resulting from the disruption of a smaller satellite galaxy. The arc extends far above the galactic disk, curving gracefully like a handle and canopy. Countless background stars and faint galaxies are scattered throughout the dark field of space.

A stunning deep-sky image of spiral galaxy NGC 4651, also known as the Umbrella Galaxy. The bright disk of the galaxy is surrounded by a faint, umbrella-shaped arc of stars—a tidal stream resulting from the disruption of a smaller satellite galaxy. The arc extends far above the galactic disk, curving gracefully like a handle and canopy. Countless background stars and faint galaxies are scattered throughout the dark field of space.

📸 NGC 4651: The Umbrella Galaxy
📅 June 30, 2025
📷 Rabeea Alkuwari & Anas Almajed
🔗 stellarsnap.space

#APOD #NGC4651 #UmbrellaGalaxy #Astronomy #Astrophotography #Galaxy #DeepSky #SpaceArt #ComaBerenices #TidalStream #StellarSnap #Space #Cosmos #Universe #StarryNight #GalacticHalo #DarkSky

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Apodsky
Apodsky
@nasapodsky.bsky.social
10 months ago
False-color mosaic image of the Milky Way Galaxy, highlighting high-velocity clouds (HVCs) as bright orange and red regions. One particularly large HVC, showing low metallicity, is circled. The image reveals the complex interplay of gas flows and the potential origins of these fast-moving clouds, either from supernova explosions or merging dwarf galaxies. The Milky Way galaxy is shown as a lighter band across the center.

False-color mosaic image of the Milky Way Galaxy, highlighting high-velocity clouds (HVCs) as bright orange and red regions. One particularly large HVC, showing low metallicity, is circled. The image reveals the complex interplay of gas flows and the potential origins of these fast-moving clouds, either from supernova explosions or merging dwarf galaxies. The Milky Way galaxy is shown as a lighter band across the center.

Astronomy Picture from 14/12/1999

High Velocity Clouds and the Milky Way

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap991214.html


#HighVelocityClouds #MilkyWayGalaxy #GalacticHalo #HVCs #Astrophysics #Cosmology #Astronomy #Space #Science #Stars #GasClouds #Supernova #DwarfGalaxies

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Apodsky
Apodsky
@nasapodsky.bsky.social
1 year ago
A composite color image of the faint globular star cluster Palomar 13, located in the halo of our Milky Way Galaxy. The image shows a sparse collection of stars, with a brighter foreground star near the bottom creating imaging artifacts. Palomar 13 has an eccentric orbit, bringing it close to the galactic center every billion years, causing its stars to be stripped away by tidal forces. This could be its final approach to the galactic center.

A composite color image of the faint globular star cluster Palomar 13, located in the halo of our Milky Way Galaxy. The image shows a sparse collection of stars, with a brighter foreground star near the bottom creating imaging artifacts. Palomar 13 has an eccentric orbit, bringing it close to the galactic center every billion years, causing its stars to be stripped away by tidal forces. This could be its final approach to the galactic center.

Astronomy Picture from 30/11/2000

Palomar 13's Last Stand

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap001130.html


#Palomar13 #GlobularCluster #MilkyWayGalaxy #GalacticHalo #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Space #Stars #Cosmology #DeepSpace #StarCluster #TidalForces #Galaxy #Universe

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