Astronomers Detect Nine Star-Filled Rings around Giant Galaxy

Using data from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and the the Keck Cosmic Web Imager at W.M. Keck Observatory, astronomers have identified nine rings -- more than previously detected by any telescope in any galaxy -- around the collisional ring galaxy LEDA 1313424. The post Astronomers Detect Nine Star-Filled Rings around Giant Galaxy appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.

Feb 4, 2025 - 15:00
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Astronomers Detect Nine Star-Filled Rings around Giant Galaxy
Pasha et al. detected nine rings around LEDA 1313424, a ring galaxy approximately 567 million light-years away in the constellation of Pisces. They also confirmed which galaxy dove through LEDA 1313424, creating these rings: the blue dwarf galaxy that sits to its immediate center-left. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / Imad Pasha & Pieter van Dokkum, Yale University.

Using data from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and the the Keck Cosmic Web Imager at W.M. Keck Observatory, astronomers have identified nine rings -- more than previously detected by any telescope in any galaxy -- around the collisional ring galaxy LEDA 1313424.

The post Astronomers Detect Nine Star-Filled Rings around Giant Galaxy appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.

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