NASA has released a beautiful new image snapped by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope on the “flocculent” Spiral Galaxy NGC 5530.
This Hubble image shows the NGC 5530, a spiral galaxy about 40 million light years away in the constellation of Lupus. Image credits: NASA/ESA/Hubble/D. Thilker.
NGC 5530 It is about 40 million light years away from the constellation of Lupus.
Also known as the IRAS 14152-4309 or ESO-LV 272-0030, this Galaxy has a diameter of approximately 60,000 light years.
First discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on April 7, 1837, the NGC 5530 is a key member of the NGC 5643 Galaxy Group.
“NGC 5530 is classified as a “coheterogeneous” spiral. This means that the spiral arm is patchy and obscure,” the statement said.
“Some galaxies have very bright centers that host ultra-high Massive black holes of feasts, but the bright source near the centre of NGC 5530 is not an active black hole, but a star
within our own galaxy, which is only 10,000 light years from Earth.”
“This chance alignment gives the star the appearance of the dense mind of the NGC 5530.”
2007, a labeled supernova event SN 2007it It occurred in this galaxy.
“If you had pointed to a backyard telescope on the NGC 5530 on the evening of September 13, 2007, you would have seen another bright spot of light adorned the galaxy,” the astronomer said.
“That night, Australian amateur astronomer Robert Evans discovered a supernova named SN 2007it by comparing the appearance of the NGC 5530 with a reference photograph of the galaxy from a telescope.”
“It’s worth noting that even one supernova can be discovered using this painstaking method, but Evans has actually discovered over 40 supernovaes like this.”
“This particular discovery was truly a coincidence. It is possible that light from the supernova completed its 40 million year journey to Earth a few days before the explosion was discovered.”
The color image of the NGC 5530 is Hubble Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) UV, near-infrared, and optical parts of the spectrum.
The image is based on data obtained through five filters. Colors are attributed to assigning different hue to each monochromatic image associated with an individual filter.
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