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The Trifid Nebula: Stellar S …
Title The Trifid Nebula: Stellar Sibling Rivalry
Deepest View of Space Yields …
Title Deepest View of Space Yields Young Stars in Andromeda Halo
Deepest View of Space Yields …
Title Deepest View of Space Yields Young Stars in Andromeda Halo
Deepest View of Space Yields …
Title Deepest View of Space Yields Young Stars in Andromeda Halo
Deepest View of Space Yields …
Title Deepest View of Space Yields Young Stars in Andromeda Halo
Deepest View of Space Yields …
Title Deepest View of Space Yields Young Stars in Andromeda Halo
Deepest View of Space Yields …
Title Deepest View of Space Yields Young Stars in Andromeda Halo
Deepest View of Space Yields …
Title Deepest View of Space Yields Young Stars in Andromeda Halo
Deepest View of Space Yields …
Title Deepest View of Space Yields Young Stars in Andromeda Halo
Deepest View of Space Yields …
Title Deepest View of Space Yields Young Stars in Andromeda Halo
Deepest View of Space Yields …
Title Deepest View of Space Yields Young Stars in Andromeda Halo
Deepest View of Space Yields …
Title Deepest View of Space Yields Young Stars in Andromeda Halo
Deepest View of Space Yields …
Title Deepest View of Space Yields Young Stars in Andromeda Halo
Deepest View of Space Yields …
Title Deepest View of Space Yields Young Stars in Andromeda Halo
Hubble Finds Mysterious Disk …
Title Hubble Finds Mysterious Disk of Blue Stars Around Black Hole
Hubble Finds Mysterious Disk …
Title Hubble Finds Mysterious Disk of Blue Stars Around Black Hole
Hubble Finds Mysterious Disk …
Title Hubble Finds Mysterious Disk of Blue Stars Around Black Hole
Hubble Finds Mysterious Disk …
Title Hubble Finds Mysterious Disk of Blue Stars Around Black Hole
Hubble Finds Mysterious Disk …
Title Hubble Finds Mysterious Disk of Blue Stars Around Black Hole
Hubble Finds Mysterious Disk …
Title Hubble Finds Mysterious Disk of Blue Stars Around Black Hole
Hubble Finds Mysterious Disk …
Title Hubble Finds Mysterious Disk of Blue Stars Around Black Hole
Hubble Finds Mysterious Disk …
Title Hubble Finds Mysterious Disk of Blue Stars Around Black Hole
Hubble Finds Mysterious Disk …
Title Hubble Finds Mysterious Disk of Blue Stars Around Black Hole
Explanation: The center of M …
Title Explanation: The center of M31 is twice as unusual as previously thought. In 1991 the Planetary Camera then onboard the Hubble Space Telescope pointed toward the center of our Milky Way's closest major galactic neighbor: Andromeda (M31). To everyone's surprise, M31's nucleus showed a double structure. The nuclear hot-spots are quite close together when considering Galactic distances: M31 is about 150,000 light years across while the above shows only the central 30 light-years. Subsequent ground-based observations have led to speculation that indeed two nuclei exist, are moving with respect to each other, that one nucleus is slowly tidally disrupting the other, and that one nucleus may be the remains of smaller galaxy "eaten" by M31. The nuclei of many galaxies, including M31, are known to be quite violent places, and the existence of massive black holes are frequently postulated to explain them.
The Andromeda Deep Field
Title The Andromeda Deep Field
Explanation What can you learn from looking into the depths of space? In an effort to find out true ages of stars in neighboring Andromeda galaxy [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap021021.html ]'s halo [ http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr162/lect/milkyway/components.html ], astronomers stared into the galaxy giant [ http://www.seds.org/messier/m/m031.html ] with the new Advanced Camera for Surveys [ http://acs.pha.jhu.edu/ ] through the Hubble Space Telescope [ http://www.stsci.edu/hst/HST_overview/ ]. The resulting exposure [ http://www.astronomy.com/Content/Dynamic/Articles/000/000/001/321vkity.asp ] of over three days, shown above [ http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/2003/15/image/a ], is the deepest exposure in visible light ever taken, although shorter in duration than the multi-wavelength effort toward the Hubble Deep Field [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap020901.html ]. The final image illuminated not only Andromeda [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search?M31 ] (M31) but the distant universe. Andromeda's halo stars [ http://skyandtelescope.com/news/article_949_1.asp ] turned out to be have a wider range of ages than our Milky Way [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/milky_way.html ]'s halo stars, likely indicating more encounters with small neighboring galaxies [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap991003.html ]. Visible on the above [ http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/2003/15/ ] left is one of Andromeda's globular star clusters [ http://www.seds.org/messier/glob.html ], while literally thousands of background galaxies are seen in the distance universe [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap030126.html ], far beyond M31.
M32: Blue Stars in an Ellipt …
Title M32: Blue Stars in an Elliptical Galaxy
Explanation Elliptical galaxies [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap961106.html ] are known for their old, red stars. But is this old elliptical [ http://www.seds.org/messier/elli.html ] up to new tricks? In recent years, the centers of elliptical galaxies [ http://www.windows.umich.edu/cgi-bin/tour.cgi?link=/the_universe/Ellipticals.html ] have been found [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap991103.html http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=1998AJ....116.2297P ] to emit unexpectedly high amounts of blue and ultraviolet light [ http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/science/know_l1/emspectrum.html ]. Most blue light from spiral galaxies [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap990926.html ] originates from massive young hot stars [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap991103.html ap981025.html ], in contrast to the red light from the old cool stars thought to compose ellipticals. In the above recently released, false-color photograph [ http://oposite.stsci.edu/pubinfo/pr/1999/40/pr-photos.html ] by the Hubble Space Telescope [ http://www.stsci.edu/hst/ ], the center of nearby dwarf elliptical M32 has actually been resolved and does indeed show thousands of bright blue stars. The answer [ http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=1999AAS...194.0713B ] is probably that these blue stars [ http://oposite.stsci.edu/pubinfo/pr/1999/40/index.html ] are also old and glow blue, reaching relatively high temperatures by the advanced process [ http://zebu.uoregon.edu/textbook/se.html ] of fusing helium [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/gifcity/msblues.html ], rather than hydrogen [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/lib/glossary.html#hydrogen ], in their cores. M32 [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap960106.html ] appears in many pictures as the companion galaxy to the massive Andromeda Galaxy [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap971101.html ] (M31).
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