Hubble Telescope Captures Rare Galaxy With A Luminous Centre
Don't write off the iconic Hubble Space Telescope yet! While the more recent James Webb Space Telescope is offering us infra-red peeks into the universe unlike ever before, the ageing Hubble is still outliving everyone's expectations.
Hubble spots a rare galaxy
Recently, the Hubble Telescope revealed a rare galaxy with a luminous heart. The telescope found a galaxy in space that's 1.1 trillion times more massive than our host star. The galaxy is named NGC 612 and now we have a new image of the galaxy.
The galaxy isn't as big as the Milky Way but is still mammoth. A new release states that the NGC 612 galaxy falls under a few classifications that make it specifically interesting to observers. At the centre of this galaxy (as is true for most galaxies) is a supermassive black hole that continuously spews out jets of gas at nearly the speed of light.
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Owing to this activity, the centre of the galaxy becomes extremely luminous, outshining the light from every single star in the galaxy itself.
The new view of NGC 612 provides a side angle with the luminous centre visible in its full glory. In addition, orange and dark red zones in the image show its "galactic disc." This is where dust and cool hydrogen gas may be found, and where star formation takes place.
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"NGC 612 is a Type II Seyfert... which means matter near the center of the galaxy moves rather calmly around the nucleus. The stars in this galaxy are unusually young, with ages around 40 to 100 million years," the release states.
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