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The Draco Trio // zhiyuan wan
From left to right: NGC 5981, NGC 5982, and NGC 5985.
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The Draco Trio // zhiyuan wan
From left to right: NGC 5981, NGC 5982, and NGC 5985.
The question is now is Scar the Earth, Mercury, or Pluto?
MERCURY because that's the planet closest to the star (aka Grian)
EARTH without the sun it would not flourish but it still can be burned by it
PLUTO despite not being a planet overcame that and joined the galaxy
I want to make a full in depth post later explaining how scar could be each of them respectfully.
The Cartwheel galaxy, along with the two galaxies on the left, are part of a group of galaxies about 500 million light years away in the constellation Sculptor. The large galaxy's rim spans over 100,000 light years and is composed of star forming regions filled with extremely bright and massive stars. The Cartwheel's ring-like shape is the result of gravitational disruption caused by a smaller galaxy passing through a large one, compressing the interstellar gas and dust and causing a star formation wave to move out like a ripple across the surface of a pond.
The featured recent image of the Cartwheel Galaxy by the Webb Space Telescope reveals new details not only about where stars are forming, but also about activity near the galaxy's central black hole.
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Webb ERO Production Team
This is the NGC 4274 Galaxy Group! 🌌🌌🌌
The galaxy in the center of this cluster is NGC 4274, a galaxy with a beautiful spiral structure and dust lanes. Galaxy groups have a lot of dark matter as it affects the interactions that the individual galaxies have with each other! 🌠🌠🌠
Taken by me (Michelle Park) using the Slooh Canary Two telescope on March 3rd, 2021 at 5:57 UTC.
The Deer Lick Group - NGC 7331 and the fleas.
Arp 273 Galaxy Group Interacting
From SpaceTelescope.Org Picture of the Week; May 17, 2010:
A Clump Of Galaxy Misfits
That galaxies come in very different shapes and sizes is dramatically demonstrated by this striking Hubble image of the Hickson Compact Group 59. Named by astronomer Paul Hickson in 1982, this is the 59th such collection of galaxies in his catalogue of unusually close groups. What makes this image interesting is the variety on display. There are two large spiral galaxies, one face-on with smooth arms and delicate dust tendrils, and one highly inclined, as well as a strangely disorderly galaxy featuring clumps of blue young stars. We can also see many apparently smaller, probably more distant, galaxies visible in the background. Hickson groups display many peculiarities, often emitting in the radio and infrared and featuring active star-forming regions. In addition their galaxies frequently contain Active Galactic Nuclei powered by supermassive black holes, as well large quantities of dark matter.
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope's Advanced Camera for Surveys, using the Wide Field Channel, captured this image of HCG059 in 2007. The picture was created from images taken through blue, yellow and near-infrared filters (F435W, F606W and F814W). The total exposure times per filter were 57 minutes, 41 minutes and 35 minutes respectively. The field of view is about 3.4 arcminutes across.
Credit: ESA/Hubble and NASA
Galactic Quartet