Posted on 09/27/2024 1:07:37 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: The twenty galaxies arrayed in these panels are part of an ambitious astronomical survey of tidal stellar streams. Each panel presents a composite view; a deep, inverted image taken from publicly available imaging surveys of a field that surrounds a nearby massive galaxy image. The inverted images reveal faint cosmic structures, star streams hundreds of thousands of light-years across, that result from the gravitational disruption and eventual merger of satellite galaxies in the local universe. Such surveys of mergers and gravitational tidal interactions between massive galaxies and their dwarf satellites are crucial guides for current models of galaxy formation and cosmology. Of course, the detection of stellar streams in the neighboring Andromeda Galaxy and our own Milky Way also offers spectacular evidence for ongoing satellite galaxy disruption within our more local galaxy group.
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My first impression was strangely of a box of fishing lures...
My fishing tackle box is much more tangled.
What incredible wonders the universe has! Observing those wonders, whether in the APOD posts or in my personal earthbound observations of the night sky, is one of the few things that can cause me to shut my big yap for any extended period. :-)
Very nice. (For a few years in my 20s, I had recurring dreams about flying fish with little parasol things on their heads...never figured that out...)
The streams are nice this time of year. But I hate spacefalls and occasional black holes.
Looks like whatever they put in those petri dishes is really taking off.
I like the inverted images. They show much more detail. Kinda like the Shroud of Turin. But THAT’S another topic altogether!
I see a catalog of either dartboards or lipsticks.
First thought...what did they put under a microscope?
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