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Hubble's telescope probes the wings of the galaxy.
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26 Apr 2022 12:01
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The Galaxy Zoo Science Project is a project that attracts a large number of people to volunteer.
"citizen scientist" in the search and classification of galaxies or galaxies.
as well as helping astronomers move through massive amounts of data from automated, unmanned telescopes. In the process, volunteers discovered many strange and wonderful galaxies.
by collecting it as a library of images and data
However, some types of galaxies have not been studied before.
Recently, astronomers have studied images of strangely shaped galaxies obtained by NASA and the European Space Agency's Hubble Space Telescope.
It is a picture of two galaxies colliding and merging.
Named the system VV-689, and also nicknamed "Angel Wing" or "Angel Wings", it looks and differs from the arrangement of normal galaxies. Overlap when viewed from the world
But actually the collision of two galaxies in the VV-689 system reveals the appearance of enormous winged galaxies.
The Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) mounted on Hubble cameras
We are following detailed observations of interesting objects from both galaxies.
Credit : ESA/Hubble & NASA;
W. Keel;
Acknowledgment: J.Schmidt
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