Astronomy Picture of the Day - NGC 5643: Nearby Spiral Galaxy from Hubble

APOD.NASA.gov ^ | 5 Oct, 2020 | Image Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, A. Riess et al.; Acknowledgement: Mahdi Zamani

[MtnClimber]

Explanation: What's happening at the center of spiral galaxy NGC 5643? A swirling disk of stars and gas, NGC 5643's appearance is dominated by blue spiral arms and brown dust, as shown in the featured image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. The core of this active galaxy glows brightly in radio waves and X-rays where twin jets have been found. An unusual central glow makes NGC 5643 one of the closest examples of the Seyfert class of galaxies, where vast amounts of glowing gas are thought to be falling into a central massive black hole. NGC 5643, is a relatively close 55 million light years away, spans about 100 thousand light years across, and can be seen with a small telescope towards the constellation of the Wolf (Lupus).

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[MtnClimber]

There is a dog in the link for today’s post if you can find it.

Pinging the APOD List.

[null and void]

There is a dog in the link for today’s post if you can find it.

Sirius Lee?

Right in the center, nose to the right, tail to the left, up and probably wagging, hind legs back in a leaning forward posture?

That dog?

I don't see it...

[rfp1234]

More like a rat than a dog.

[Repeal The 17th]

In the article under the can be seen link.
Looking through a telescope...

[blueunicorn6]

Looks kind of like what I saw in the bathroom after too many Tequila Sunrises.

[MtnClimber]

Hint: In the link for the post, not the picture.

[EEGator]

Canis Lupus?

[Grimmy]

Those three bright dots look a bit like Orion’s Belt but backwards.

Is it the anti-Orion’s Belt? The evil twin? Bent on destruction of the whole universe? Is that why that galaxy also looks like a swirling maw of stellar teeth with a big glowy gullet in the middle?

[null and void]

Ah. That’s much more clearly a dog...

[Bethaneidh]

On being prompted to look for one, I found several, in different positions. As for the middle one, maybe she’s expecting.

[SES1066]

Hubble Space Telescope, NASA’s most successful failure / repair. Still going at 27 years service with lifespan to 2030 and maybe 2040.

[Conan the Librarian]

I am curious about the apparent edge on galaxy behind this galaxy. Seems to be ESO 273-014, a dwarf satellite of NGC 5643.

Not THAT close to us.

[minnesota_bound]

The aliens in that spiral galaxy must be dizzy all the time....

[MtnClimber]

Is that galaxy at 11 o’clock position in this picture?

[TigersEye]

Does this galaxy have a name because a catalog number isn’t a real name.
If not I’m claiming this galaxy for my self.

[Grimmy]

If not I’m claiming this galaxy for my self.

************

You name it, you’re responsible for it.

Just remember. That thing is gonna grow up and want to go to college some day.

[TigersEye]

Everyone in my galaxy is living there rent free so they’ve got no complaints that I’ll entertain.

[Grimmy]

If everyone lives rent free, how do you generate the funds to pay the property taxes?

That tax is kinda steep on galaxy sized lots.