{"id":786464,"date":"2024-07-28T11:53:56","date_gmt":"2024-07-28T16:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=786464"},"modified":"2024-07-28T11:53:56","modified_gmt":"2024-07-28T16:53:56","slug":"hubble-images-ngc-3430-a-classic-spiral-galaxy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=786464","title":{"rendered":"Hubble images NGC 3430, a classic spiral galaxy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2024\/hubble-images-a-classi.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2024\/hubble-images-a-classi.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"This NASA\/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the majestic spiral galaxy NGC 3430. Credit: ESA\/Hubble &amp; NASA, C. Kilpatrick\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\">\n            <figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                This NASA\/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the majestic spiral galaxy NGC 3430. Credit: ESA\/Hubble &amp; NASA, C. Kilpatrick<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>This NASA\/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image treats viewers to a wonderfully detailed snapshot of the spiral galaxy NGC 3430 that lies 100 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Leo Minor.<\/p>\n<p>Several other galaxies, located relatively nearby to this one, are just beyond the frame of this image; one is close enough that gravitational interaction is driving some star formation in NGC 3430\u2014visible as bright-blue patches near to but outside of the galaxy&#8217;s main spiral structure.<\/p>\n<p>This fine example of a galactic spiral holds a bright core from which a pinwheel array of arms appears to radiate outward. Dark dust lanes and bright star-forming regions help define these spiral arms.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"mb-4\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\">\n    <meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Hubble Images a Classic Spiral\"\/><br \/>\n    <meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch\/?v=VXcnG06GmcY\"\/><br \/>\n    <meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Astronomer Edwin Hubble pioneered the study of galaxies based simply on their appearance. This &quot;Field Guide&quot; outlines Hubble's classification scheme using images from his namesake telescope. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center; Lead Producer: Miranda Chabot; Lead Writer: Andrea Gianopoulos\"\/><br \/>\n    <meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2024-07-26T09:19:43-04:00\"\/><br \/>\n        <meta itemprop=\"embedUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VXcnG06GmcY\"\/><br \/>\n    <meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/VXcnG06GmcY\/maxresdefault.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n             <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hubble&#039;s Field Guide to Galaxies\" width=\"1110\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VXcnG06GmcY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n         <\/p><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up mt-4\" itemprop=\"caption\">Astronomer Edwin Hubble pioneered the study of galaxies based simply on their appearance. This &#8220;Field Guide&#8221; outlines Hubble&#8217;s classification scheme using images from his namesake telescope. Credit: NASA&#8217;s Goddard Space Flight Center; Lead Producer: Miranda Chabot; Lead Writer: Andrea Gianopoulos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>NGC 3430&#8217;s distinct shape may be one reason why astronomer Edwin Hubble used to it to help define his classification of galaxies. Namesake of the Hubble Space Telescope, Edwin Hubble authored a paper in 1926 that outlined the classification of some four hundred galaxies by their appearance\u2014as either spiral, barred spiral, lenticular, elliptical, or irregular.<\/p>\n<p>This straightforward typology proved extremely influential, and the detailed schemes astronomers use today are still based on Edwin Hubble&#8217;s work. NGC 3430 itself is a spiral lacking a central bar with open, clearly defined arms\u2014classified today as an SAc galaxy.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- print only --><\/p>\n<div class=\"d-none d-print-block\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Citation<\/strong>:<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHubble images NGC 3430, a classic spiral galaxy (2024, July 28)<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tretrieved 28 July 2024<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tfrom\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t This document is subject to copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study or research, no<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t part may be reproduced without the written permission. The content is provided for information purposes only.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2024-07-hubble-images-ngc-classic-spiral.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This NASA\/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the majestic spiral galaxy NGC 3430. Credit: ESA\/Hubble &amp; NASA, C. 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