This beautiful spiral galaxy is not camera shy
The galaxy captured in this image, called UGC 12158, certainly isn’t camera-shy: this spiral stunner is posing face-on to the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s Advanced Camera for Surveys, revealing its structure in fine detail.
UGC 12158 is an excellent example of a barred spiral galaxy in the Hubble sequence — a scheme used to categorise galaxies based on their shapes. Barred spirals, as the name suggest, feature spectacular swirling arms of stars that...
One of our nearest galactic neighbors, the Triangulum Galaxy is a spiral galaxy approximately 3 million light-years distant.
Want to learn how to locate celestial objects using free planetarium software? Not sure which telescope is best for you? If so consider my "Astronomy for Everyone" book which teaches you the basics of the how, where and when of locating celestial objects in the night sky. It also provides a guide as to which telescope you should consider buying, how the optics work and what...
The galaxy captured in this image, called UGC 12158, certainly isn’t camera-shy: this spiral stunner is posing face-on to the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s Advanced Camera for Surveys, revealing its structure in fine detail.
UGC 12158 is an excellent example of a barred spiral galaxy in the Hubble sequence — a scheme used to categorise galaxies based on their shapes. Barred spirals, as the name suggest, feature spectacular swirling arms of stars that...
One of our nearest galactic neighbors, the Triangulum Galaxy is a spiral galaxy approximately 3 million light-years distant.
Want to learn how to locate celestial objects using free planetarium software? Not sure which telescope is best for you? If so consider my "Astronomy for Everyone" book which teaches you the basics of the how, where and when of locating celestial objects in the night sky. It also provides a guide as to which telescope you should consider buying, how the optics work and what...
