{"id":217649,"date":"2013-08-30T02:53:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-30T06:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/6c7b2db03caed9850863b79891486eb5"},"modified":"2013-08-30T02:53:00","modified_gmt":"2013-08-30T06:53:00","slug":"dark-dusty-shells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=217649","title":{"rendered":"Dark, dusty shells"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.esa.int\/var\/esa\/storage\/images\/esa_multimedia\/images\/2013\/08\/dark_dusty_shells\/13004133-1-eng-GB\/Dark_dusty_shells_small.jpg\" width=\"170\" height=\"96\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"8\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!-- START: including template: extension\/esa_ext\/design\/esn2\/templates\/content\/datatype\/view\/ezxmltags\/paragraph.tpl (design:content\/datatype\/view\/ezxmltags\/paragraph.tpl) --><\/p>\n<p>\nThe NASA\/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured this image of PGC 10922, an example of a lenticular galaxy \u2013 a galaxy type that lies on the border between ellipticals and spirals.\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- STOP: including template: extension\/esa_ext\/design\/esn2\/templates\/content\/datatype\/view\/ezxmltags\/paragraph.tpl (design:content\/datatype\/view\/ezxmltags\/paragraph.tpl) --><\/p>\n<p><!-- START: including template: extension\/esa_ext\/design\/esn2\/templates\/content\/datatype\/view\/ezxmltags\/paragraph.tpl (design:content\/datatype\/view\/ezxmltags\/paragraph.tpl) --><\/p>\n<p>\nSeen face-on, the image shows the disc and tightly-wound spiral structures of dark dust encircling the bright centre of the galaxy. There is also a remarkable outer halo of faint wide arcs or shells extending outwards, covering much of the picture. These are likely to have been formed by a gravitational encounter or even a merger with another galaxy. Some dust also appears to have escaped from the central structure and has spread out across the inner shells.\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- STOP: including template: extension\/esa_ext\/design\/esn2\/templates\/content\/datatype\/view\/ezxmltags\/paragraph.tpl (design:content\/datatype\/view\/ezxmltags\/paragraph.tpl) --><\/p>\n<p><!-- START: including template: extension\/esa_ext\/design\/esn2\/templates\/content\/datatype\/view\/ezxmltags\/paragraph.tpl (design:content\/datatype\/view\/ezxmltags\/paragraph.tpl) --><\/p>\n<p>\nAn extraordinarily rich background of more remote galaxies can also be seen in the image.\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- STOP: including template: extension\/esa_ext\/design\/esn2\/templates\/content\/datatype\/view\/ezxmltags\/paragraph.tpl (design:content\/datatype\/view\/ezxmltags\/paragraph.tpl) --><\/p>\n<p><!-- START: including template: extension\/esa_ext\/design\/esn2\/templates\/content\/datatype\/view\/ezxmltags\/paragraph.tpl (design:content\/datatype\/view\/ezxmltags\/paragraph.tpl) --><\/p>\n<p>\nA version of this image was entered into the<br \/>\n<!-- START: including template: extension\/esa_ext\/design\/standard\/templates\/content\/datatype\/view\/ezxmltags\/link.tpl (design:content\/datatype\/view\/ezxmltags\/link.tpl) --><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacetelescope.org\/projects\/hiddentreasures\/\">Hubble&#8217;s Hidden Treasures<\/a><br \/>\n<!-- STOP: including template: extension\/esa_ext\/design\/standard\/templates\/content\/datatype\/view\/ezxmltags\/link.tpl (design:content\/datatype\/view\/ezxmltags\/link.tpl) --><br \/>\n image processing competition by contestant Judy Schmidt.\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- STOP: including template: extension\/esa_ext\/design\/esn2\/templates\/content\/datatype\/view\/ezxmltags\/paragraph.tpl (design:content\/datatype\/view\/ezxmltags\/paragraph.tpl) --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.esa.int\/var\/esa\/storage\/images\/esa_multimedia\/images\/2013\/08\/dark_dusty_shells\/13004133-1-eng-GB\/Dark_dusty_shells_small.jpg\" width=\"170\" height=\"96\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"8\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!-- START: including template: extension\/esa_ext\/design\/esn2\/templates\/content\/datatype\/view\/ezxmltags\/paragraph.tpl (design:content\/datatype\/view\/ezxmltags\/paragraph.tpl) --><\/p>\n<p>\nThe NASA\/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured this image of PGC 10922, an example of a lenticular galaxy \u2013 a galaxy type that lies on the border between ellipticals and spirals.\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- STOP: including template: extension\/esa_ext\/design\/esn2\/templates\/content\/datatype\/view\/ezxmltags\/paragraph.tpl (design:content\/datatype\/view\/ezxmltags\/paragraph.tpl) --><\/p>\n<p><!-- START: including template: extension\/esa_ext\/design\/esn2\/templates\/content\/datatype\/view\/ezxmltags\/paragraph.tpl (design:content\/datatype\/view\/ezxmltags\/paragraph.tpl) --><\/p>\n<p>\nSeen face-on, the image shows the disc and tightly-wound spiral structures of dark dust encircling the bright centre of the galaxy. There is also a remarkable outer halo of faint wide arcs or shells extending outwards, covering much of the picture. These are likely to have been formed by a gravitational encounter or even a merger with another galaxy. Some dust also appears to have escaped from the central structure and has spread out across the inner shells.\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- STOP: including template: extension\/esa_ext\/design\/esn2\/templates\/content\/datatype\/view\/ezxmltags\/paragraph.tpl (design:content\/datatype\/view\/ezxmltags\/paragraph.tpl) --><\/p>\n<p><!-- START: including template: extension\/esa_ext\/design\/esn2\/templates\/content\/datatype\/view\/ezxmltags\/paragraph.tpl (design:content\/datatype\/view\/ezxmltags\/paragraph.tpl) --><\/p>\n<p>\nAn extraordinarily rich background of more remote galaxies can also be seen in the image.\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- STOP: including template: extension\/esa_ext\/design\/esn2\/templates\/content\/datatype\/view\/ezxmltags\/paragraph.tpl (design:content\/datatype\/view\/ezxmltags\/paragraph.tpl) --><\/p>\n<p><!-- START: including template: extension\/esa_ext\/design\/esn2\/templates\/content\/datatype\/view\/ezxmltags\/paragraph.tpl (design:content\/datatype\/view\/ezxmltags\/paragraph.tpl) --><\/p>\n<p>\nA version of this image was entered into the<br \/>\n<!-- START: including template: extension\/esa_ext\/design\/standard\/templates\/content\/datatype\/view\/ezxmltags\/link.tpl (design:content\/datatype\/view\/ezxmltags\/link.tpl) --><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacetelescope.org\/projects\/hiddentreasures\/\">Hubble&#8217;s Hidden Treasures<\/a><br \/>\n<!-- STOP: including template: extension\/esa_ext\/design\/standard\/templates\/content\/datatype\/view\/ezxmltags\/link.tpl (design:content\/datatype\/view\/ezxmltags\/link.tpl) --><br \/>\n image processing competition by contestant Judy Schmidt.\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- STOP: including template: extension\/esa_ext\/design\/esn2\/templates\/content\/datatype\/view\/ezxmltags\/paragraph.tpl (design:content\/datatype\/view\/ezxmltags\/paragraph.tpl) --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":615444,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-217649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-multimedia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=217649"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217649\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":217676,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217649\/revisions\/217676"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/615444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=217649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=217649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=217649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}