The One-Armed Wonder: Hubble Captures a Twisted Galaxy in Dazzling Detail A distant and dazzling spiral galaxy, Arp 184 (NGC 1961), captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, reveals a stunningly lopsided structure, with one prominent star-strewn arm stretching toward Earth. This...

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A stunning Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 4753, a twisted disk galaxy. Intricate dark dust filaments, remnants of a galactic collision approximately a billion years ago, are dramatically highlighted against a bright orange halo of older stars. This side-on view showcases the galaxy's unusual structure, possibly resulting from a gravitational interaction with a smaller galaxy.

Astronomy Picture from 31/12/2024

The Twisted Disk of NGC 4753

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap241231.html


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