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Astronomy Picture of the Day - Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1300
APOD.NASA.gov ^
| 16 Oct, 2022
| Image Credit: NASA ESA, Hubble Heritage
Posted on 10/16/2022 5:42:35 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: Across the center of this spiral galaxy is a bar. And at the center of this bar is smaller spiral. And at the center of that spiral is a supermassive black hole. This all happens in the big, beautiful, barred spiral galaxy cataloged as NGC 1300, a galaxy that lies some 70 million light-years away toward the constellation of the river Eridanus. This Hubble Space Telescope composite view of the gorgeous island universe is one of the most detailed Hubble images ever made of a complete galaxy. NGC 1300 spans over 100,000 light-years and the Hubble image reveals striking details of the galaxy's dominant central bar and majestic spiral arms. How the giant bar formed, how it remains, and how it affects star formation remains an active topic of research.
TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; nasa
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posted on
10/16/2022 5:42:51 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
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Pinging the APOD list.
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posted on
10/16/2022 5:43:29 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
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posted on
10/16/2022 5:59:24 PM PDT
by
ought-six
(Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
To: MtnClimber
It’s another universe in itself. So big a hundred billion planets could reside there.
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posted on
10/16/2022 6:11:48 PM PDT
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: dragnet2
Yes, and in the background are maybe 20 or 30 distant galaxies that are visible.
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posted on
10/16/2022 6:14:15 PM PDT
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MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber
Across the center of this spiral galaxy is a bar. I am SO THERE. A bar at the end of the universe!
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posted on
10/16/2022 6:15:23 PM PDT
by
Rio
To: Rio
It is the bar from Star Wars.
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posted on
10/16/2022 6:19:35 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
(For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
To: MtnClimber
How the giant bar formed, how it remains, and how it affects star formation remains an active topic of research.
I read somewhere (I don't remember where so don't take this as gospel) that spiral galaxies alternate between barred and non-barred over time. Just like elliptical galaxies alternate between prolate and spherical over time, but in different 90 degree directions.
To: MtnClimber
For some reason, that picture brings something else to mind...
To: Songcraft
[insert pregnant pause here] I thought you were going to say a boob...
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posted on
10/16/2022 7:33:27 PM PDT
by
null and void
(← Not delusional, just differently realitied...)
To: null and void; MinuteGal; M Kehoe
Actually, it’s beautiful, but amazingly like flesh with broken capillaries running through it. How odd.....
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posted on
10/16/2022 7:42:24 PM PDT
by
flaglady47
(Trump in 2024 - MAGA Man and Swamp Destroyer)
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posted on
10/16/2022 7:55:38 PM PDT
by
null and void
(← Not delusional, just differently realitied...)
To: MtnClimber
Think how dizzy the aliens are in that galaxy spinning around.
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posted on
10/16/2022 8:08:39 PM PDT
by
minnesota_bound
(Need more money to buy everything now)
To: null and void
:-) (Regarding your pause.)
And viewing that picture from a certain angle, you have a point there too.
To: MtnClimber
Two galaxies walk into a bar......................
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posted on
10/17/2022 5:43:44 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Songcraft
That was my first thought. Bet every one who birthed a child had that first thought.
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posted on
10/17/2022 11:48:50 AM PDT
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WVNan
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