Watch the “hidden galaxy” as it unfolds.
This is glorious Hubble Space Telescope Image shows spiral galaxy IC 342, also known as Caldwell 5. No matter what it’s called galaxyScientists found it a little difficult to notice it because of the obstacles in its path, which earned it the nickname “hidden,” according to NASA.
It appears near the equator Milky WayPearl disc, filled with thick cosmic gas, dark dust, and glowing stars that obscure our view,” NASA wrote on May 11. statement (Opens in a new tab).
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The Hubble telescope can see through debris, to some extent, because the telescope has infrared capabilities. Infrared light is less scattered by dust and allows a clearer view of galaxies beyond interstellar matter.
This glimmering view of the face at the center of the galaxy features tangled tendrils of dust with stunning arms encasing a hot, glowing gas core and bintangHe wrote, “NASA about the photo.
“This nucleus is a specific type of region called an H II nucleus – a region of ionized hydrogen atoms. This region is the birthplace of active stars where thousands of stars can form over two million years.”
NASA says that the blue star ionizes or activates hydrogen around its birthplace due to the emission of ultraviolet radiation. The galaxy would be one of the brightest in our sky if there weren’t a lot of dust in the way.
IC 342 is also relatively close in terms of galaxies, only 11 million light year from the earth. This is about half the radius of our Milky Way galaxy (50,000 light-years in diameter), which also makes it relatively large.
Hubble has been in space for a generation and has photographed this galaxy many times before. You can also find 342 . IC imaging of 2017 (Opens in a new tab) Dan 2010 (Opens in a new tab).
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