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Hubble reveals dust lanes in a spiral galaxy seen nearly edge-on
Hubble captures a spiral galaxy edge-on, with rusty-brown dust lanes along its bright disk.
Images: NASA, ESA, Michael Jones (California Institute of Technology); Image Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America) · Music: "Floating Cities" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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The gist
- Bright-blue regions and dark dust lanes mark where stars are likely forming.
- The image is part of a survey of 260 small satellite galaxies around Milky Way-like hosts.
- Hubble has observed 111 so far; the rest need another 149 orbits.
What happened
NASA released a Hubble image, taken with the Advanced Camera for Surveys, showing a spiral galaxy edge-on. The observation belongs to a survey targeting 260 satellite galaxies, smaller companions around larger hosts that resemble our Milky Way.
Why it matters
Observations of small companion galaxies help test explanations of galaxy formation and evolution, improving our understanding of systems like our own.
How we know
NASA's October 16 release identifies Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys as the instrument that captured the galaxy's bright regions and dark dust lanes.
What we don’t know yet
The survey isn't finished. NASA says the remaining observations require another 149 Hubble orbits around Earth, and researchers will then analyze the full set of galaxy measurements.
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- Images: NASA, ESA, Michael Jones (California Institute of Technology); Image Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America) (Public domain, U.S. Government work (NASA media usage guidelines: NASA content is generally not subject to copyright in the United States))
- Narration: Grok voice Lumen
- Music: "Floating Cities" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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