by bystander » Mon Sep 09, 2013 6:26 pm
A Flock of Stars
ESA/HEIC Hubble Picture of the Week | 2013 Sep 09
The glittering specks in this image, resembling a distant flock of flying birds, are the stars that make up the dwarf galaxy
ESO 540-31. Captured in this new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, the dwarf galaxy lies just over 11 million light-years from Earth, in the constellation of
Cetus (The Whale). The background of this image is full of many other galaxies, all located at vast distances from us.
Dwarf galaxies are the among the smaller and dimmer members of the galactic family, typically only containing around a few hundred million stars. Although this sounds like a large number, it is small when compared to spiral galaxies like our Milky Way, which are made up of hundreds of billions of stars.
A version of this image was entered into the
Hubble’s Hidden Treasures image processing competition by contestant
Luca Limatola.
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA
Acknowledgement: Luca Limatola
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ESA/HEIC Hubble Picture of the Week | 2013 Sep 09
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[float=right][img3=""]http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/screen/potw1336a.jpg[/img3][/float]The glittering specks in this image, resembling a distant flock of flying birds, are the stars that make up the dwarf galaxy [url=http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=ESO+540-031][b]ESO 540-31[/b][/url]. Captured in this new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, the dwarf galaxy lies just over 11 million light-years from Earth, in the constellation of [url=http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/cetus.htm][b]Cetus[/b][/url] (The Whale). The background of this image is full of many other galaxies, all located at vast distances from us.
Dwarf galaxies are the among the smaller and dimmer members of the galactic family, typically only containing around a few hundred million stars. Although this sounds like a large number, it is small when compared to spiral galaxies like our Milky Way, which are made up of hundreds of billions of stars.
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/78527981@N06/6952316720/]A version of this image[/url] was entered into the [url=http://www.spacetelescope.org/projects/hiddentreasures/]Hubble’s Hidden Treasures[/url] [url=http://www.flickr.com/groups/hubblehiddentreasures_advanced/]image processing competition[/url] by contestant [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/78527981@N06/]Luca Limatola[/url].
[b][i]Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA
Acknowledgement: Luca Limatola[/i][/b] [/quote]
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