What it is: NGC 4753, a lenticular galaxy Where it is: 60 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Virgo When it was shared: May 13, 2024 Why it’s so special: This is the best-ever image of NGC 4753, a galaxy with uniquely distorted dust lanes that have led some people to nickname it the […]
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‘Trainwreck’ galaxy reflects the aftermath of a violent galactic collision (image)
A team of astronomers became a crew of cosmic crash scene investigators while studying wreckage left behind by two galaxies that smashed into one another over 1 billion years ago. The scientists used the Gemini South Telescope to investigate the twisted galactic disk of the galaxy NGC 4753, located around 60 million light-years from Earth, […]