Space science media Space.com reported on the 26th (local time) that the Hubble Space Telescope has released spectacular photos of a spiral galaxy ahead of the year-end and New Year holidays.
This photo taken by the Hubble Space Telescope on the 25th shows spiral galaxies gathering together in dark space and emitting light.
The Hubble Space Telescope captured the images of four spiral galaxies located in the constellation of the Clock. (Photo = NASA/ESA/Hubble)
The largest galaxy in the image is the spiral galaxy NGC 1356 in the center, located about 550 million light-years from Earth and visible in the constellation Clockwork. There are dense spiral galaxies surrounding it. Above NGC 1356 is a galaxy known as LEDA 467699, and just to the left is LEDA 95415. Also located on the far left is another star cluster, IC 1947.
In the photo, it appears that many beautiful galaxies are gathered together, but in reality, these galaxies are far away in space, explained Space.com.
NGC 1356 is located 500 to 600 million light-years away from Earth, and LEDA 95415, which appears to be just to the left, is 840 million light-years away from Earth. The large distance between NGC 1356 and LEDA 95415 may explain why the LEDA 95415 galaxy appears much smaller in the photo, the media reported.
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Also, in the photo, the NGC 1356 galaxy on the far right and IC 1947 on the left appear to be the farthest away, but these galaxies are actually closer in distance than they appear in 2D. IC 1947 is about 500 million light-years away from Earth, about the same distance as NGC 1356.
“This image is a really interesting example of how difficult it is to tell whether two galaxies are actually close together, or whether they only appear that way from our perspective on Earth,” Hubble astronomers said in a statement.
