Can you see NGC 891 with the naked eye?
NGC 891 is a tenth magnitude unbarred spiral galaxy located in Andromeda. The Silver Sliver is located in eastern Andromeda close to the Perseus border. It’s positioned 3.5 degrees east of beautiful double star Almach (γ And – mag. +2.1) with naked-eye open cluster M34 (mag.
Is NGC 1705 forming stars?
At 17 million light-years away, the individual stars of the dwarf irregular galaxy NGC 1705 are out of range of all but the sharp eye of Hubble. This galaxy has been forming new stars throughout its lifetime, but a burst of star-formation activity occurred as recently as 26 to 31 million years ago.
Is NGC 1232 forming stars?
NGC 1232 is a face-on spiral galaxy and a great laboratory for the study of star formation due to its proximity. We found an absence of star formation around the region where the X-ray emission is more intense, which we interpret as a star formation quenching due to the collision.
What is so special about the Andromeda Galaxy?
The Andromeda galaxy is the largest in the Local Group, where the Milky Way also belongs. Not only is this galaxy large, but it is also very massive. Its diameter is around 220,000 light-years and its mass equals the mass of 1,230 billion Suns! There are about one trillion stars in the Andromeda Galaxy.
How old is NGC 1232?
NGC 1232 is an intermediate spiral galaxy about 60 million light-years away in the constellation Eridanus. It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 20 October 1784. It is dominated by millions of bright stars and dark dust, in spiral arms rotating about the center.
How is NGC 1232 similar to the Milky Way?
NGC 1232 is a barred spiral galaxy of about 200,000 light-years across (almost twice the size of our Milky Way), located some 61 million light-years away in the constellation of Eridanus (The River). It shines with the light of 50 billion stars like the Sun and is about 2.2 times as bright as the Milky Way.
Have we found any planets in Andromeda?
Does the Andromeda Galaxy have planets? There is currently only one very strong candidate planet in the Andromeda Galaxy, temporarily named PA-99-N2. It was detected because of a microlensing event in 1999. Finding planets outside the Solar system is extremely difficult because planets do not emit light.
Could we ever travel to another galaxy?
The technology required to travel between galaxies is far beyond humanity’s present capabilities, and currently only the subject of speculation, hypothesis, and science fiction. However, theoretically speaking, there is nothing to conclusively indicate that intergalactic travel is impossible.
How many stars are in the NGC 1232 galaxy?
It shines with the light of 50 billion stars like the Sun and is about 2.2 times as bright as the Milky Way.
Can a star exist outside a galaxy?
Although stars cannot form in the voids between galaxies (since the density of matter is far too low), there are in fact large numbers of ‘intergalactic stars’. It has been estimated, for example, that 10 per cent of the mass of the Virgo galaxy cluster is in the form of these stellar interlopers.
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