This galaxy is about 80 million light-years from Earth and has a conspicuous bar, a central linear band of stars, similar to our own Milky Way Galaxy. Rods can be found in almost half of all spiral galaxies. These beams impact their parent galaxies by promoting star formation and influencing the movement of stars and interstellar gas.
The image, taken with Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 and ground observations from the Gemini Observatory, shows the lazily twisting spiral arms of galaxy NGC 5921.
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Sliding serpentine spiral
The lazily twisting spiral arms of the galaxy NGC 5921 swing over it #HubbleFriday image. Located 80 million light-years from Earth, this galaxy is located in the constellation Serpens.
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Located in the constellation “Serpens” in the Northern Hemisphere, this spiral galaxy is 80 million light-years away from Earth. “Of the 88 current constellations, Serpens is the only one with two unconnected zones – Serpens Caput (Serpent’s Head) and Serpens Cauda (Serpent’s Tail),” NASA notes.
The scientific study that led to this image was split into two parts: observations from Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 and observations from the Gemini Observatory on the ground. The two telescopes allowed astronomers to better understand the relationship between galaxies such as NGC 5921 and the supermassive black holes they contain.
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As if pictures from space had to be more captivating, @NASAHubble reflects this hypnotic glamor shot of a beautiful spiral galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices. pic.twitter.com/MbNVHK6CEw
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The mass of stars in galaxies was determined thanks to Hubble’s contributions. Hubble also took measurements that were used to verify the Gemini sightings. Hubble and Gemini combined to provide astronomers with a count of nearby supermassive black holes in a range of galaxies.
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