[▲ Barred spiral galaxy “NGC 1300” (Credit: ESO / ALMA (ESO / NAOJ / NRAO) / PHANGS) photographed with visible light and radio waves]
This is about 61 million light-years away in the direction of “Eridanus”Rod Vortex Galaxy “NGC 1300”is.The barred spiral galaxy is in the centerRod-shaped structureA spiral galaxy in whichAbout two-thirds of the entire spiral galaxy is said to have a rod-like structure, and we live in it.Milky Way GalaxyIs also classified as a barred spiral galaxy.
From the left and right of the clear rod-shaped structure of NGC 1300 in the imageSwirl armIs being captured.Young and hot on the swirl armBlue starsIs distributed, but with the blue hue as the background, it feels like burninggolden colorThe brilliance of is spreading to color the rod-shaped structure and the swirl arm.It exists in the interstellar space (the space that spreads between stars)Carbon monoxideIt captures radio waves emitted by (CO) (pseudo-coloring) and is a material that creates stars.molecular cloudCorresponds to the distribution of (collection of low temperature gas and dust).
This image is an observation projectPHANGS」Obtained as part of.“Hubble”Space Telescope, Chilean Radio Telescopes“ALMA”, Of the European Southern Observatory (ESO), also at the Paranal Observatory in Chile“Very Large Telescope (VLT)”In the PHANGS project in which we participated, in 90 galaxies existing in the nearby universestar formation fieldHigh-resolution observations have been carried out over a period of more than 5 years in order to investigate.
According to ESO, the golden carbon monoxide distribution of NGC 1300 is the ALMA telescope, and the brilliance of the stars in the background is VLT’s wide-field spectroscopic observation device.「MUSE」Obtained using.Astronomers create new stars by observing galaxies with electromagnetic waves of different wavelengthsHow star-forming activity is activated, boosted or hinderedIt is said that you can study. The opening image was released on January 10, 2022 as one of this week’s ESO “A cosmic caramel swirl”.
[▲ The whole picture of NGC 1300 taken by the Hubble Space Telescope’s “High Performance Camera for Surveys (ACS)”. Published January 2005 (Credit: NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI / AURA))]
connection:It’s like fireworks!A clear and beautiful atlas of star-forming regions of neighboring galaxies
Image Credit: ESO / ALMA (ESO / NAOJ / NRAO) / PHANGS
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Sentence / Takehiro Matsumura