High-resolution images of NGC 2207 and IC 2163, two giant galaxies that will one day merge into one, have been released, attracting the attention of astronomy enthusiasts.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) recently introduced high-resolution images of the interacting galaxies NGC 2207 and IC 2163 captured by the James Webb Space Telescope and the Hubble Space Telescope through its official channels.
The galaxies NGC 2207 and IC 2163 are spiral galaxies located about 80 million light years away in the constellation Canis Major. The sight of interactive galaxies hitting each other, climbing in the darkness of space and looking at one amazing place.
Composite image of interacting galaxies NGC 2207 and IC 2163 taken by the James Webb Space Telescope and the Hubble Space Telescope, respectively.
A NASA official said, “It feels like the small galaxy on the left (IC 2163) is approaching behind the large galaxy on the right (NGC 2207), with the two galaxies still passing by.” from the James Webb Space Telescope and the Hubble Space Telescope “The images captured individually were put together,” he said.
“The red color is the result of a combination of visible and ultraviolet images from the James Webb Telescope’s Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) and the Hubble Space Telescope,” he said when the two galaxies first crossed paths. “I think it’s the place,” he said.
Stars are often formed on the outskirts of the galaxies NGC 2207 and IC 2163. In our galaxy, only 2 to 3 solar-sized objects are formed each year, but near this galaxy, up to 20 objects the size of the sun created each year. While supernovae occur at an average rate of once every 50 years in our galaxy, seven supernovae have occurred here over the past few decades.
James Webb Space Telescope creates super-high resolution images of interacting galaxies NGC 2207 and IC 2163
A NASA official said, “An active supernova explosion creates a space in the vortex arms of both galaxies, and as the gas or dust reorganizes, new stars are formed one after the other, white parts are in the image of star formation.” “These are the areas where it works,” he explained.
Interacting galaxies where two or more galaxies are merging include NGC 5410 and UGC 8932, about 180 million light-years away towards the constellation Canis Hunting, and NGC 4567 and NGC 4568, also known as the Butterfly Galaxy, about 60 million light years away. the constellation Virgo. Our Milky Way is also expected to interact with the Andromeda Galaxy to someday become Milcomeda.
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