Khurram Wadee ✅ · @mkwadee
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Daniel Fischer · @cosmos4u
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And here is what a quick reduction of a #Keck echelle spectrum looks like, with the sky emission taken out: this is from a #DwarfGalaxy in the #VirgoCluster observed earlier tonight; the interest here is in the absorption lines.
#VirgoCluster #dwarfgalaxy #keck
Daniel Fischer · @cosmos4u
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· @NetMassimo
93 followers · 1646 posts · Server mastodon.social#astronomy #stars #galaxies #VirgoCluster An article submitted for publication to "The Astrophysical Journal" reports the discovery of star systems that are even smaller than a dwarf galaxy and are isolated from any normal galaxy.
https://english.tachyonbeam.com/2022/06/21/strange-isolated-star-systems-discovered-in-the-virgo-cluster/
#astronomy #stars #galaxies #VirgoCluster
Khurram Wadee ✅ · @mkwadee
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In the Heart of the #VirgoCluster
#Astronomy #Picture of the Day
#VirgoCluster #astronomy #picture #apod