A beautiful new photo of the NASA / ESA Hubble space telescope shows the Galaxy Spiral NGC 3596.
This Hubble image shows NGC 3596, an intermediate spiral galaxy at around 90 million light years in the Constellation de Leo. The color image consists of observations of the Hubble 3 WFC3 wide terrain camera in the ultraviolet, almost infrared and optical parts of the spectrum. It is based on the data obtained via six filters. The color results from the allocation of different shades to each monochromatic image associated with an individual filter. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / D. Thilker.
NGC 3596 is located about 90 million light years from the earth in the constellation of Leo.
The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on April 8, 1784.
Also known as LEDA 34298, UGC 6277 or HIPASS J1115 + 14, NGC 3596 is a member of the Leo II groupsA series of galaxies and clusters of tense galaxies on the right edge of the Virgo Superclusive.
“NGC 3596 appears almost perfectly in front of the earth, presenting the arms in a carefully rolled spiral of the galaxy,” said Hubble astronomers in a press release.
“The brilliant arms mark where the stars, the gas and the dust of the galaxy are concentrated.”
“The formation of stars is also the most active in the spiral arms of a galaxy, as shown in the formation regions of brilliant pink stars and the young blue stars tracing the arms of NGC 3596 in this image.”
“What makes these spiral arms form? It is a surprisingly difficult question to answer, partly because of the remarkable diversity of spiral galaxies,” they said.
“Some have light spiral arms, while others have feather and feather arms.”
“Some have prominent bars in their centers, while others have compact circular nuclei.”
“Some have close neighbors, while others are isolated.”
“The first ideas on how the spiral arms were formed were perplexed by what is called the winding problem,” said the researchers.
“If the spiral arms of a galaxy are coherent structures, the arms would be wrapped increasingly tight when the galaxy turns, until the arms are no longer visible.”
“Now researchers believe that the spiral arms represent a scheme of high density and low density areas rather than a physical structure.”
“While the stars, gas and dust have adorned in the disc of a galaxy, they penetrate into their arms in a spiral.”
“Like the cars moving in a traffic jam, these materials slow down and come together while they enter a spiral arm, before emerging and continuing their trip through the galaxy.”
