Hubble captures UGC 5460: A dazzling view of a face-on spiral galaxy

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have produced an excellent image of the Spiral Galaxy UGC 5460.

UGC 5460 is It was located His major in Ursa is about 60 million light years.

Otherwise known as IRAS F10048+5205, Leda 29469, or TC 132, the galaxy is seen to be very close to face.

Two supernova explosions, named in 2011 and 2015 SN 2011ht and SN 2015ASwere observed with UGC 5460, respectively.

“Hubble targeted this galaxy because of the explosion of these two stars, collecting data from three observational programs aimed at studying different types of supernova,” says Hubble astronomers. said in a statement.

“SN 2015as was what is known as the Core Collapse Supernova. The intense events occur when the solar nucleus collapses under its own gravity, and begins to rebound material outside the core. It's an explosion.”

“The Hubble observations in SN 2015A help researchers understand what happens when the supernova's expanding shock wave collides with the gas surrounding the exploded star.”

“SN 2011HT may have been a Core Collapse Supernova, but it could also be a con man called the Luminous Blue variable.”

“The bright blue variable is a rare star that experiences eruptions so large that it can mimic a supernova.”

“Crucially, while these eruptions are intact, bright blue variables appear, but stars going to supernovae are not.”

“Hubble searches for stellar survivors at the location of SN 2011HT and it is possible that the explosion's identity will finally be revealed.”

The color image of the UGC 5460 is Hubble Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) UV, near-infrared, and optical parts of the spectrum.

“The image combines light of four different wavelengths to reveal the central bar of the star, a winding spiral arm, and a bright blue star cluster on the UGC 5460,” the astronomer said.

“In the upper left corner of this image there is an object much closer to it. It's a star just 577 light years away in our own galaxy.”