The years of development and delays were well worth it, as evidenced by the stunning images of the Universe delivered by the james wbb telescope. JudySchmidt is the latest to come from. An astronomer who processed an image taken by another astronomer. A double-barred spiral galaxy consisting of a long bar and a smaller barred structure can be found in the southern constellation Fornax.
The wide arms extend from the central bar to give it a Z-like appearance. The galaxy was chosen for observations because of its famous nature and how much of its interior is obscured by dust. The second bar is more prominent in IR images and previous instruments have been limited in what they can see.
Astronomers theorize that this bar plays a crucial role in the evolution of the galaxy, drawing gas and dust to the core, forming new stars, and feeding the supermassive black hole, which is about two million solar mass. The region is thought to have arisen from a combination of instabilities, possibly due to stellar orbits, density waves, and the overall rotation of the disk.
New insights into the inner workings of this galaxy can be found in the image. The most detailed look at the central barred region is included. There is a bright dot in the middle of the glowing center. There are bright patches throughout the two larger arms.
She processed the image using the data from the nearby Galaxies survey team.
“Dusty, barred spiral galaxy NGC 1365. Interestingly, the dust bar isn’t nearly as prominent as it is in visible light. In the center is a modest active galactic nucleus (AGN). The circumnuclear dust is also quite striking. This time, I was happy to receive the PHANGS team’s reduction of the data. Makes it much easier because their mosaic was much better matched and aligned.”
New observations show that the Milky Way could be a barred spiral, which is great news for the astronomy community. Two-thirds of all spiral galaxies in the Universe are estimated to be such galaxies, and their study could reveal more about the formation and evolution of our own. The JWST is well-suited to observe the forces that drive the stars, black holes, jets, and other objects in the universe.
The core of active galaxies, the circumstellar disks that give rise to planets, and the star-forming regions are some of the areas that will be studied by the telescope. The center of the Milky Way has been difficult to see because of all the dust between it and Earth. There are clues about the black hole and the stars that are surrounding it.
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