Posted on Aug 4, 2020
APOD: 2020 August 4 – NGC 2442: Galaxy in Volans
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Good afternoon, Rallypoint. Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) is titled "NGC 2442: Galaxy in Volans." NGC 2442 can be found in the southern constellation Volans, right next door to Carina. Located about 50 million light-years away, this image spans an estimated 75,000 light years. The asymmetric structure of NGC 2442 with its strongly defined arm (bottom) and weaker, more loosely defined southern arm (top) is likely the result of a previous inter-galactic tug-of-war. Astronomers have identified a nearby gas cloud containing nearly 1/3 the amount of atomic hydrogen as NGC 2442 itself. They believe that the cloud (which contains the mass of a billion suns) was somehow violently stripped away, leaving the remains for us to enjoy.
APOD: 2020 August 4 – NGC 2442: Galaxy in Volans
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Thank you my friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) for Tuesday, August 4, 2020 entitled "NGC 2442: Galaxy in Volans."
Image: NGC 2442 - Galaxy in Volans - Image Credit & Copyright - Processing - Robert Gendler & Roberto Colombari - Data - Hubble Legacy Archive, European Southern Observatory
Thank you my friend Bill for posting another wonderful picture of the heavens. These wonderful scenes remind me that eye has not seen nor mind imagines the wonders God has prepared for us in the new heaven and earth.
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"Explanation: Distorted galaxy NGC 2442 can be found in the southern constellation of the flying fish, (Piscis) Volans. Located about 50 million light-years away, the galaxy's two spiral arms extending from a pronounced central bar have a hook-like appearance in wide-field images. But this mosaicked close-up, constructed from Hubble Space Telescope and European Southern Observatory data, follows the galaxy's structure in amazing detail. Obscuring dust lanes, young blue star clusters and reddish star forming regions surround a core of yellowish light from an older population of stars. The sharp image data also reveal more distant background galaxies seen right through NGC 2442's star clusters and nebulae. The image spans about 75,000 light-years at the estimated distance of NGC 2442."
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Image: NGC 2442 - Galaxy in Volans - Image Credit & Copyright - Processing - Robert Gendler & Roberto Colombari - Data - Hubble Legacy Archive, European Southern Observatory
Thank you my friend Bill for posting another wonderful picture of the heavens. These wonderful scenes remind me that eye has not seen nor mind imagines the wonders God has prepared for us in the new heaven and earth.
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"Explanation: Distorted galaxy NGC 2442 can be found in the southern constellation of the flying fish, (Piscis) Volans. Located about 50 million light-years away, the galaxy's two spiral arms extending from a pronounced central bar have a hook-like appearance in wide-field images. But this mosaicked close-up, constructed from Hubble Space Telescope and European Southern Observatory data, follows the galaxy's structure in amazing detail. Obscuring dust lanes, young blue star clusters and reddish star forming regions surround a core of yellowish light from an older population of stars. The sharp image data also reveal more distant background galaxies seen right through NGC 2442's star clusters and nebulae. The image spans about 75,000 light-years at the estimated distance of NGC 2442."
I hope that you and each member of your family sleep well tonight.
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Good Afternoon, Dear Brother Bill!
Bill, i have responded in kind before: I Love Astronomy! I Love the Space Program! And, I Love the Constellations! Maj William W. 'Bill' Price!!!
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