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English: A jellyfish galaxy with trailing tentacles of stars hangs in inky blackness in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. As Jellyfish galaxies move through intergalactic space they are slowly stripped of gas, which trails behind the galaxy in tendrils illuminated by clumps of star formation. These blue tendrils are visible drifting below the core of this galaxy, and give it its jellyfish-like appearance. This particular jellyfish galaxy— known as JO201 — lies in the constellation Cetus, which is named after a sea monster from ancient Greek mythology. This sea-monster-themed constellation adds to the nautical theme of this image. The tendrils of jellyfish galaxies extend beyond the bright disc of the galaxy core. This particular observation comes from an investigation into the sizes, masses and ages of the clumps of star formation in the tendrils of jellyfish galaxies. Astronomers hope that this will provide a breakthrough in understanding the connection between ram-pressure stripping — the process that creates the tendrils of jellyfish galaxies — and star formation. This galactic seascape was captured by Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3), a versatile instrument that captures images at ultraviolet and visible wavelengths. WFC3 is the source of some of Hubble’s most spectacular images, from a view of Jupiter and Europa to a revisit to the Pillars of Creation. [Image description: A spiral galaxy lies just off-centre. It has large, faint, reddish spiral arms and a bright, reddish core. These lie over two brighter blue spiral arms. These are patchy, with blotches of star formation. Long trails of these bright blotches trail down from the lower spiral arm, resembling tendrils. The background is black, lightly scattered with small galaxies and stars, and a larger elliptical galaxy in one corner.] Links First science paper in the Astrophysical Journal Second science paper in the Astrophysical Journal
Coordinates Position (RA): 0 41 30.91 Position (Dec): -9° 15' 56.40" Field of view: 2.69 x 1.80 arcminutes Orientation: North is 84.8° left of vertical Colours & filters Band Wavelength Telescope Ultraviolet UV 275 nm Hubble Space Telescope WFC3 Optical U 336 nm Hubble Space Telescope WFC3 Optical V 606 nm Hubble Space Telescope WFC3 Optical I 814 nm Hubble Space Telescope WFC3 Optical H-alpha 656 nm Hubble Space Telescope WFC3 Optical H-alpha + NII 680 nm Hubble Space Telescope WFC3. |
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Author | ESA/Hubble & NASA, M. Gullieuszik | |||
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Credit/Provider | ESA/Hubble & NASA, M. Gullieuszik |
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Date and time of data generation | 06:00, 27 February 2023 |
Software used | Adobe Photoshop 22.5 (Windows) |
File change date and time | 14:13, 3 November 2021 |
Date and time of digitizing | 17:04, 25 June 2021 |
Date metadata was last modified | 15:13, 3 November 2021 |
Unique ID of original document | xmp.did:0c9e0613-4e19-734f-b3ba-8f211fbfa899 |
Keywords | Ka 364 |
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ESA Office, Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Dr Baltimore, MD, 21218 United States |
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