#noao

[fishstickmonkey]

Spiral galaxy NGC4013

credit line: C. Howk (JHU), B. Savage (U. Wisconsin), N.A.Sharp (NOAO)/WIYN/NOAO/NSF 

NOAO

[spinningblueball]

M83 [NGC5236] Southern Pinwheel [NOAO Telescope]

[cldrb]

O telescópio Blanco no observatório do CTIO, Chile. . Blanco telescope at CTIO Observatory, Chile. . Credit: DES . #des #blanco #telescope #telescopio #astronomy #astronomia #observatoriog1 #astrogram #chile #noao #ctio #tololo #milkyway #vialactea

[fishstickmonkey]

Spiral Galaxy NGC4402

Minimum credit line: H.Crowl (Yale University) and WIYN/NOAO/AURA/NSF

NOAO

[fishstickmonkey]

Spiral Galaxy NGC 4395

This image was obtained with the wide-field view of the Mosaic camera on the Mayall 4-meter telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory.

credit line: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage) and H. Schweiker (WIYN and NOAO/AURA/NSF)

NOAO

[fishstickmonkey]

Dwarf Galay NGC 4214

This image was obtained with the wide-field view of the Mosaic camera on the Mayall 4-meter telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory.

credit line: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage) and H. Schweiker (WIYN and NOAO/AURA/NSF)

NOAO

[fishstickmonkey]

NGC1512/10, SINGG Survey

This image shows a strong interaction between the barred spiral NGC1512 and its Blue Compact Dwarf (BCD) companion, NGC1510. Star formation in NGC1512 is concentrated into two rings; the inner one has the strength of a starburst. Surprisingly star formation is even stronger in the BCD NGC1510, which can be seen to the lower right of NGC1512. This pair ilustrate how galaxy interactions are able to trigger starbursts.

credit line: The SINGG Survey Team and NOAO/AURA/NSF

NOAO

[fishstickmonkey]

NGC1275

This image shows a deep Hydrogen-alpha image of the brightest X-ray source in the sky, NGC1275, taken by the WIYN 3.5-meter telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory near Tucson, AZ, in 1999.

The filaments emanating from this galaxy are produced through largely unknown mechanisms, but they likely are the result of an interaction between the black hole in the center of the galaxy and the intracluster medium surrounding it. (The glowing background objects in this image are galaxies in that same galaxy cluster.)

At a distance of about 230 million light-years, this is the nearest example to Earth of such vast structures, which are seen surrounding the most massive galaxies throughout the Universe.

credit line: C. Conselice/Caltech and WIYN/NOAO/AURA/NSF

NOAO