All About Space - UK (2020-02)

Hubble spots

a surreal

super spiral

galaxy

TheHubbleSpace

Telescopeiscontinuingto

producespellbindingsights,

thistimecapturingthe

moreconventional,near-

perfectgalaxyUGC2885.

Lyinginthedirection

ofPerseus,UGC 2885 is

located 232 millionlight

yearsawayfromEarthand

is2.5-timeswiderthanthe

MilkyWaygalaxywecall

home.Italsocontainsten

timesasmanystarsasthe

MilkyWay,contributingtoa

totalmassofapproximately

2 trilliontimesthemassof

theSun.

Te l e s c o p i c

heavyweights

unite

This image of the very

beautiful Crab Nebula

(Messier 1) is a magnificent

culmination of images

taken in different

wavelengths with the help

of humanity’s greatest

space telescopes. The

various colours in the

nebula coordinate to

the different telescopes

and their respective

wavelengths. Blue relates

to NASA’s Chandra X-ray

Observatory, yellow to the

visible light of NASA/ESA’s

Hubble Space Telescope,

while red relates to the

infrared view of NASA’s

recently retired Spitzer

Space Telescope.

© NASA/ESA

© NASA/ESA

YOUR FIRST CONTACT WITH THE UNIVERSE

LAUNCH PAD