Astronomy
- Details Of Our Milky Way
Enjoy the breath taking portrait of our Milky Way in detail. The image spans the region of sky from the constellation of Sagittarius to Scorpius. The very bright and colourful feature towards the right of the image are the Rho Ophiuchi and Antares regions....
- On Hubble's 19th Birthday, A Fountain Of Youth
To commemorate the Hubble Space Telescope's 19 years of historic, trailblazing science, the orbiting telescope has photographed a peculiar system of galaxies known as Arp 194. This interacting group contains several galaxies, along with a "cosmic...
- Galaxy Triplet Arp 274
To celebrate the 100 Hours of Astronomy, the people working on the Hubble Space Telescope decided to let the public decide of what the telescope will take a picture. This vote, called Hubble's Next Discovery - You Decide, closed on March 1, and consisted...
- The Heart Of A Galactic Maelstrom
It is an image of Messier 96, a spiral galaxy just over 35 million light years away in the constellation of Leo [The Lion]. It is of about the same mass and size as the Milky Way. It was first discovered by astronomer Pierre Méchain in 1781, and...
- Milkyway Galaxy
The Milky Way Galaxy, commonly referred to as just the Milky Way, or sometimes simply as the Galaxy, is the galaxy in which the Solar System is located. The Milky Way is a barred spiral galaxy that is part of the Local Group of galaxies. It is one of...
Astronomy
Image of collison between two Milky- way like Galaxies
Hubble Space Telescope has captured an image of collision between two Milky-Way like galaxies.
These two galaxies are known as NGC 2623 or Arp 243 are in the stages of emerging . The tail of NGC 2623 is richly populated with bright star clusters.
The galaxy NGC 2623 is an extensively studied galaxy and is bright in the infrared.
- Details Of Our Milky Way
Enjoy the breath taking portrait of our Milky Way in detail. The image spans the region of sky from the constellation of Sagittarius to Scorpius. The very bright and colourful feature towards the right of the image are the Rho Ophiuchi and Antares regions....
- On Hubble's 19th Birthday, A Fountain Of Youth
To commemorate the Hubble Space Telescope's 19 years of historic, trailblazing science, the orbiting telescope has photographed a peculiar system of galaxies known as Arp 194. This interacting group contains several galaxies, along with a "cosmic...
- Galaxy Triplet Arp 274
To celebrate the 100 Hours of Astronomy, the people working on the Hubble Space Telescope decided to let the public decide of what the telescope will take a picture. This vote, called Hubble's Next Discovery - You Decide, closed on March 1, and consisted...
- The Heart Of A Galactic Maelstrom
It is an image of Messier 96, a spiral galaxy just over 35 million light years away in the constellation of Leo [The Lion]. It is of about the same mass and size as the Milky Way. It was first discovered by astronomer Pierre Méchain in 1781, and...
- Milkyway Galaxy
The Milky Way Galaxy, commonly referred to as just the Milky Way, or sometimes simply as the Galaxy, is the galaxy in which the Solar System is located. The Milky Way is a barred spiral galaxy that is part of the Local Group of galaxies. It is one of...