←
SPACE WATCH
A Chance Alignment Between Galaxies
NASA – The Hubble Space Telescope shows a rare view of a pair of overlapping galaxies, called NGC 3314. The two galaxies look as if they are colliding, but they are actually separated by tens of millions of light-years, or about ten times the distance between our Milky Way and the neighboring Andromeda galaxy. The chance alignment of the two galaxies, as seen from Earth, gives a unique look at the silhouetted spiral arms in the closer face-on spiral, NGC 3314A. Image Credit: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration, and W. Keel (University of Alabama)
Related articles
- Galactic Views (47) (theneteconomy.wordpress.com)
- Galactic Views (35) (theneteconomy.wordpress.com)
- Galactic Views (45) (theneteconomy.wordpress.com)
- Galactic Views (44) (theneteconomy.wordpress.com)
This entry was posted in Nature, Science, SPACE WATCH and tagged Andromeda Galaxy, Astronomy, European Space Agency, Galaxy, Hubble Space Telescope, Milky Way, NASA, Space, Spiral galaxy. Bookmark the permalink.
Source: the Net economy