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Showing posts with label the brightest galaxy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label the brightest galaxy. Show all posts

Saturday, August 18, 2012

Hubble captures a stunning image of the brightest galaxy


The Hubble Space Telescope has captured an image of a spiral galaxy with bars that can help understand the Milky Way.
Most of the known spiral galaxies fall into this category of "slash" - which is defined by its pronounced structure bars across their centers.
The existence of this structure can indicate the age of the galaxy.
Two thirds of the nearest galaxies are young and bar, while only a fifth of the oldest and most distant have it.
The new image is a milestone in the long history of the Hubble Space Telescope in the stunning astronomical imaging.