Discover the universe! Each day a different image or photograph of our universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by an astronomer.
December 17th, 2021.
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The North was found to be similar to the Sagittarius of the South.
The image is copyrighted by Alvin Wu.
Earth fills the foreground of the scene because of the arid expanse of the Tengger Desert. The panoramic view was recorded in the early hours of December 14. The stars of the northern winter hexagon are pictured in the dark sky. A bright fireball meteor was seen near the peak of the annual shower. The trail points back to the shower in the sky above the western horizon. The constellation is easy to spot. The stars are near the top of the frame.
Tomorrow's picture is light-weekend.
Robert Nemiroff is an author and Jerry Bonnell is an editor.
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Discover the universe! Each day a different image or photograph of our universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by an astronomer.
December 18th, 2021.
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Stephan's quintet.
The Hubble Legacy Archive is a image credit.
Bernard Miller has a processing and Copyright.
This eye-catching image was constructed with data from the extensive Hubble Legacy Archive and features Stephan's Quintet, the first identified compact galaxy group. Only four of the five galaxies are locked in a dance of repeated close encounters. It's easy to spot the odd man out. There is an overall cast of the interacting galaxies. They have loops and tails that are grown under the influence of disruptive tides. The interacting group is not part of the predominantly bluish galaxy, which is 40 million light-years distant. Stephan's Quintet is within the boundaries of the high flying constellation. This field of view spans about 500,000 light-years and is estimated to be the distance of the four interacting galaxies. Astronomers can identify another galaxy, called NGC 7320C, that is 300 million light-years away, by moving just beyond this field. It would bring the quartet back up to five.
The picture is five in a row.
Robert Nemiroff is an author and Jerry Bonnell is an editor.
Phillip Newman has specific rights.
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