Galaxy NGC 3079 - telescope processed image. This barred spiral galaxy is famous for its superbubbles of hot gas in its core, 3,000+ light-years wide, propelled by star formation activity.

Galaxy NGC 3079 - unprocessed image. An edge-on spiral galaxy with a massive, 3,000+ light-year-wide bubble of hot gas bursting from its core, accelerating cosmic rays.

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Dust and Molecular Gas in Galactic Winds and Fountains

TARG: #NGC3079
DATE: 2025-02-22
PI: Veilleux, Sylvain
MIRI 1800 1500 1130 770 560w

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A stunning false-color Hubble Space Telescope image of the edge-on spiral galaxy NGC 3079 in Ursa Major. The galaxy's disk, composed of star clusters and dust lanes, spans 70,000 light-years. A close-up inset reveals towering gas pillars (2,000 light-years high) emanating from a galactic core, possibly due to massive star winds.

Astronomy Picture from 16/10/2004

The Bubbling Cauldron of NGC 3079

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap041016.html


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Light from a star that reached my scope after a 9 billion year journey🤯 This is the gravitationally lensed #TwinQuasar (mag 16.7) in Ursa Major near #NGC3079 The light from A (brighter member) is 14 months ahead of B due to the lensed route around the hidden galaxy between us.