#ngc 1566

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Spanish Dancer in Draco ©

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NGC 1566 !

This spiral galaxy was observed as part of the Physics at High Angular resolution in Nearby GalaxieS (PHANGS) program.

NGC 1566 is 60 million light-years away in the constellation Dorado.

NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, J. Lee (STScI), T. Williams (Oxford), R. Chandar (UToledo), D. Calzetti (UMass), PHANGS Team

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Spiral Galaxies from Webb & Hubble: NGC 1566 4303 3351

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The Spanish Dancer, NGC 1566 // Thomas Deffet

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NGC 1566 (Hubble + Webb)

Face-on spiral galaxy, NGC 1566, is split diagonally in this image: The James Webb Space Telescope’s observations appear on bottom right, and the Hubble Space Telescope’s at top left. Webb and Hubble’s images show a striking contrast, an inverse of darkness and light. Why? Webb’s observations combine near- and mid-infrared light and Hubble’s showcase visible and ultraviolet light. Dust absorbs ultraviolet and visible light, and then re-emits it in the infrared. In Webb's images, we see dust glowing in infrared light. In Hubble’s images, dark regions are where starlight is absorbed by dust. 

In Webb’s high-resolution infrared images, the gas and dust stand out in stark shades of orange and red, and show finer spiral shapes with the appearance of jagged edges, though these areas are still diffuse. 

In Hubble’s images, the gas and dust show up as hazy dark brown lanes, following the same spiral shapes. Its images are about the same resolution as Webb’s, but the gas and dust obscure a lot of the smaller-scale star formation.

[Image description: Two observations of the galaxy NGC 1566 are split diagonally, with Hubble’s observations at top left and Webb’s at bottom right. The galaxy’s core appears centered and the galaxy’s arms rotate counterclockwise. In Hubble’s image, two prominent spiral arms are a mix of dark brown dust lanes and some bright blue and pink star clusters, and the center is pale yellow. In Webb’s image, the spiral arms are shades of orange, with prominent dark gray or black “bubbles,” and there is a blue haze surrounding the core.]

Image and information from NASA.

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Dorado Group Member

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