Hubble Telescope Aims for a Galaxy Hidden in the Milky Way, Like What?

KOMPAS.com – Hubble Space Telescope featuring the spiral galaxy IC 342, also known as Caldwell 5.

NASA revealed, this galaxy appears near the pearl disk of the Milky Way, which is filled with thick cosmic gas, dark dust, and luminous stars that obscure the view.

Hubble, which has infrared capabilities, aims through the debris. The infrared light is less scattered by the dust, allowing a clearer view of the galaxy behind the interstellar matter.

“This view of the glittering center of the galaxy features tendrils of dust intertwined in spectacular arms, encasing a brilliant core of hot gas and stars,” NASA wrote.

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The nucleus is a specific type of region called the H II nucleus – an area of ​​ionized hydrogen atom.

“Such regions are the birthplaces of energetic stars, where thousands of stars can form over several million years,” NASA said.

Blue stars ionize or energize the hydrogen surrounding their birthplace by emitting ultraviolet light.

Furthermore, this galaxy would be one of the brightest galaxies in Earth’s sky if there weren’t so much dust in the way.

IC 342 is also relatively close in terms of galaxies, only 11 million light years from Earth, about half the diameter of the Milky Way (50,000 light years), making it relatively large in size.

For your information, Hubble has been in space for a generation and has photographed Earth’s galaxy several times before.

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