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Apodsky
Apodsky
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1 year ago
Stunning Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 3314, a pair of interacting spiral galaxies. The foreground galaxy, NGC 3314a, displays its pinwheel structure with bright star clusters and dark dust lanes. The background galaxy, NGC 3314b, is partially obscured. Though close, gravitational lensing effects are subtle due to their proximity. Both galaxies reside near the Hydra Cluster, approximately 200 million light-years away.

Stunning Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 3314, a pair of interacting spiral galaxies. The foreground galaxy, NGC 3314a, displays its pinwheel structure with bright star clusters and dark dust lanes. The background galaxy, NGC 3314b, is partially obscured. Though close, gravitational lensing effects are subtle due to their proximity. Both galaxies reside near the Hydra Cluster, approximately 200 million light-years away.

Astronomy Picture from 17/11/2021

NGC 3314: When Galaxies Overlap

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap211117.html


#Hubble #NGC3314 #GalaxyPair #GravitationalLensing #SpiralGalaxies #Astrophysics #Space #Astronomy #Cosmos #HydraCluster #DeepSpace #Cosmology #NASA #ESA

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Apodsky
Apodsky
@nasapodsky.bsky.social
1 year ago
Stunning Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 3314, a pair of interacting spiral galaxies. The foreground galaxy (NGC 3314a) is nearly face-on, showcasing its star clusters and dust lanes. The background galaxy (NGC 3314b) is subtly affected by gravitational lensing from the nearer galaxy, though the effect is minimal due to their proximity. Both galaxies reside near the Hydra Cluster, approximately 200 million light-years away. The image reveals intricate details of galactic structure and subtle gravitational interactions.

Stunning Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 3314, a pair of interacting spiral galaxies. The foreground galaxy (NGC 3314a) is nearly face-on, showcasing its star clusters and dust lanes. The background galaxy (NGC 3314b) is subtly affected by gravitational lensing from the nearer galaxy, though the effect is minimal due to their proximity. Both galaxies reside near the Hydra Cluster, approximately 200 million light-years away. The image reveals intricate details of galactic structure and subtle gravitational interactions.

Astronomy Picture from 17/11/2021

NGC 3314: When Galaxies Overlap

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap211117.html


#HubbleImage #GalaxyPair #NGC3314 #GravitationalLensing #SpiralGalaxies #Space #Astronomy #Cosmology #Astrophysics #HydraCluster

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Apodsky
Apodsky
@nasapodsky.bsky.social
1 year ago
Stunning Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 3314, a pair of spiral galaxies nearly perfectly aligned. The foreground galaxy displays vibrant star clusters and dark dust lanes, echoing the structure of the background galaxy. This unique alignment allows for the study of dust distribution in distant spirals, located 140 million light-years away in the Hydra constellation.

Stunning Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 3314, a pair of spiral galaxies nearly perfectly aligned. The foreground galaxy displays vibrant star clusters and dark dust lanes, echoing the structure of the background galaxy. This unique alignment allows for the study of dust distribution in distant spirals, located 140 million light-years away in the Hydra constellation.

Astronomy Picture from 11/05/2000

NGC 3314: When Galaxies Overlap

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap000511.html


#HubbleSpaceTelescope #NGC3314 #SpiralGalaxy #GalaxyPair #CosmicDust #Astrophysics #Space #Astronomy #Cosmos #Universe #DeepSpace #GalaxyCollision #HubbleLegacy

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