Posted on Sep 7, 2021
APOD: 2021 September 7 - NGC 520: Colliding Galaxies from Hubble
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Good morning, Rallypoint. Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) is titled "NGC 520: Colliding Galaxies from Hubble." Queue Arthur 'Guitar Boogie' Smith and Dueling Banjos, and take in this morning's galactic mixing bowl. NGC 520 lies some 100 million light years away in the constellation Pisces (The Fish). It discovered by astronomer William Herschel on December 13, 1784. The almost vertical dust band forms a boundary between what was once two separate galaxies. The feathery edges throughout the image suggest a strong stellar wind due to intense starburst activity.
Our perspective on Earth (we see NGC-520 edge on) limits what data we can gather from visible light. But that isn't the case with either infrared or radio wavelengths. We can detect similar infrared and radio data from NGC 520 as we do from the Antennae Galaxies (NGC 4038 and 4039), which are also undergoing a galactic collision. William Herschel is also credited with the discovery the Antenna Galaxies (in 1785).
Our perspective on Earth (we see NGC-520 edge on) limits what data we can gather from visible light. But that isn't the case with either infrared or radio wavelengths. We can detect similar infrared and radio data from NGC 520 as we do from the Antennae Galaxies (NGC 4038 and 4039), which are also undergoing a galactic collision. William Herschel is also credited with the discovery the Antenna Galaxies (in 1785).
APOD: 2021 September 7 - NGC 520: Colliding Galaxies from Hubble
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Maj William W. 'Bill' Price good day my friend, " nobody does it better from above". Thanks for theToday's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) is titled "NGC 520: Colliding Galaxies from Hubble." Queue Arthur 'Guitar Boogie' Smith and Dueling Banjos, and take in this morning's galactic mixing bowl. NGC 520 lies some 100 million light years away in the constellation Pisces (The Fish). An exceptional read/share of the most informative.
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SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth SCPO Morris Ramsey CPL Douglas Chrysler Wayne Soares PO1 William "Chip" Nagel SGT (Join to see) Maj Marty Hogan SPC Margaret Higgins SGT (Join to see) PO3 Phyllis Maynard Sgt (Join to see) PO1 H Gene Lawrence Lt Col Charlie Brown iPVT Mark Zehner SSG Michael Noll Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen COL Mikel J. Burroughs MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. Cpl Vic Burk
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Great share brother SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL thank you for the mention brother.
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A similar looking collision might be expected in a few billion years when our disk Milky Way Galaxy to collides with our large-disk galactic neighbor Andromeda (M31).
I suspect this will not be helpful to whatever life is on any of the planets close to it.
I suspect this will not be helpful to whatever life is on any of the planets close to it.
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