Baby Burp in Galaxy's Core (Core View)

Esahubble_opo0128c_1024

esahubble_opo0128c August 16th, 2001

Credit: NASA/ESA, Gerald Cecil (University of North Carolina), Sylvain Veilleux (University of Maryland), Joss Bland-Hawthorn (Anglo-Australian Observatory), and Alex Filippenko (University of California at Berkeley).

These NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope snapshots reveal dramatic activities within the core of the galaxy NGC 3079, where a lumpy bubble of hot gas is rising from a cauldron of glowing matter. The picture at left shows the bubble in the center of the galaxy's disk. The structure is more than 3, 000 light-years wide and rises 3, 500 light-years above the galaxy's disk. The smaller photo at right is a close-up view of the bubble. Astronomers suspect that the bubble is being blown by 'winds' (high-speed streams of particles) released during a burst of star formation. Gaseous filaments at the top of the bubble are whirling around in a vortex and are being expelled into space. Eventually, this gas will rain down upon the galaxy's disk where it may collide with gas clouds, compress them, and form a new generation of stars. The two white dots just above the bubble are probably stars in the galaxy.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0128c/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
IRAS 0958+559P15 NGC 3079
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Spiral
Galaxy > Type > Barred
Galaxy > Component > Center/Core
Esahubble_opo0128c_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 10h 1m 58.7s
DEC = 55° 40’ 49.6”
Orientation
North is 72.4° CW
Field of View
0.5 x 0.5 arcminutes
Constellation
Ursa Major

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Hubble (WFPC2) Infrared (I) 814.0 nm
Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (NII) 658.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Esahubble_opo0128c_1280
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ID
opo0128c
Subject Category
C.5.1.1   C.5.1.2   C.5.4.9  
Subject Name
IRAS 0958+559P15, NGC 3079
Credits
NASA/ESA, Gerald Cecil (University of North Carolina), Sylvain Veilleux (University of Maryland), Joss Bland-Hawthorn (Anglo-Australian Observatory), and Alex Filippenko (University of California at Berkeley).
Release Date
2001-08-16T15:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0128c/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment
Band
Infrared, Optical
Bandpass
I, NII
Central Wavelength
814, 658
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
150.494441619, 55.6804543594
Reference Dimension
434.0, 434.0
Reference Pixel
217.0, 217.0
Scale
-1.95167003969e-05, 1.95167003969e-05
Rotation
-72.440000000000055
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
ESA/Hubble
URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City
Garching bei München
State/Province
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID
esahubble
Resource ID
opo0128c
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:18:27+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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