"Berenice's Hair" has a spiral galaxy in it.
According to NASA, Pierre Méchain, a French astronomer, was the one who discovered it in 1781. The observer is represented by the popular name, Messier 99.
55 million light-years away is the location of this object. It can be seen using a small telescope in May. There are robust observational tools located in South America. An image from the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) PHANGS survey shows a pinwheel-shaped arms.
You can take a stunning aerial tour of the telescopes.
PHANGS is a project that produces high-resolution images of nearby Galaxies. Astronomers will be able to learn more about the variety of environments found in the universe.
The Very Large Telescope (VLT) and the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) were directed to look into "Berenice's Hair." It is located in the north.
ALMA data shows the orange color of the spiral arms in the picture. The bright colors depict cold clouds of gas which can collapse into stars.
There are stars in the purple and blue colors. Data from the VLT is represented by these cooler colors.
Astronomers can use Messier 99 to learn more about stars. ALMA and VLT allow for a better understanding of how stars are formed.
The Hubble Space Telescope is one of the missions that this object has been involved in. The Hubble observations of the grand-design spiral gave it a structure similar to our home galaxy, the Milky Way, according to NASA.
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