File:Galactic refurbishment.jpg
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English: The smudge of stars at the centre of this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is a galaxy known as UGC 5797. UGC 5797 is an emission line galaxy, meaning that it is currently undergoing active star formation. The result is a stellar population that is constantly being refurbished as massive bright blue stars form. Galaxies with prolific star formation are not only veiled in a blue tint, but are key to the continuation of a stellar cycle. In this image UGC 5797 appears in front of a background of spiral galaxies. Spiral galaxies have copious amounts of dust and gas — the main ingredient for stars — and therefore often also belong to the class of emission line galaxies. Spiral galaxies have disc-like shapes that drastically vary in appearance depending on the angle at which they are observed. The collection of spiral galaxies in this frame exhibits this attribute acutely: Some are viewed face-on, revealing the structure of the spiral arms, while the two in the bottom left are seen edge-on, appearing as plain streaks in the sky. There are many spiral galaxies, with varying colours and at different angles sprinkled across this image — just take a look. A version of this image was entered into the Hubble’s Hidden Treasures image processing competition by Luca Limatola. |
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Source | http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1517a/ (image link) |
Author | ESA/Hubble & NASA. Acknowledgement: Luca Limatola |
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Date and time of data generation | 10:00, 27 April 2015 |
Software used | Adobe Photoshop CC 2014 (Windows) |
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Unique ID of original document | uuid:A23CE3459468E111B6EAFF7E455A3ACA |
Credit/Provider | ESA/Hubble & NASA Acknowledgement: Luca Limatola |
Source | ESA/Hubble |
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http://www.spacetelescope.org/ Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2 Garching bei München, , D-85748 Germany |
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Keywords | UGC 5797 |
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