Cathie LeBlanc · @cathieleblanc
73 followers · 90 posts · Server geekdom.social
#SkyWatch #Astrophotography These galaxies are 25 to 30 million light years from Earth. The #WhaleGalaxy aka #NGC4631 is an edge on galaxy with so many supernovae in its starburst center that they are creating superwinds that are blowing the gas out of the galaxy. The small dwarf galaxy to its left is #NGC4627. The #HockeyStickGalaxies are #NGC4656 with #NGC4657 forming the blade. #StillLearning
#skywatch #astrophotography #whalegalaxy #ngc4631 #ngc4627 #hockeystickgalaxies #ngc4656 #ngc4657 #stilllearning
Dr Kelley Hess · @KHesser
100 followers · 35 posts · Server mastodon.social
Paper accepted! Congrats Jing Wang et al. on "FEASTS: IGM cooling triggered by tidal interactions through the diffuse HI phase around NGC 4631" https://arxiv.org/abs/2301.00937. We use the incredible sensitivity of the #FAST #telescope to map a huge reservoir of neutral hydrogen around #NGC4631 (out to 120 kpc)... 1/3 #astronomy #astrodon
#fast #telescope #ngc4631 #astronomy #Astrodon
Khurram Wadee ✅ · @mkwadee
1032 followers · 10917 posts · Server mastodon.org.uk
#ngc4631 #WhaleGalaxy #astronomy #picture #apod #galaxy
Ethan Teng 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇹🇼 · @citizen_astro
528 followers · 849 posts · Server mastodon.lol
NGC 4631 Whale Galaxy
Magnitude 9.8 barred spiral galaxy located 30 million light-years away in the constellation Canes Venatici. This galaxy's slightly distorted wedge shape gives it the appearance of a herring or a whale, hence its nickname.
#astrophotography #astronomy #space #unistellar #citizenscience #ngc4631 #galaxy #canesvenatici #caldwell32
#astrophotography #astronomy #space #unistellar #citizenscience #ngc4631 #galaxy #canesvenatici #caldwell32
Ethan Teng 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇹🇼 · @citizen_astro
528 followers · 849 posts · Server mastodon.lol
NGC 4631 Whale Galaxy
Magnitude 9.8 barred spiral galaxy located 30 million light-years away in the constellation Canes Venatici. This galaxy's slightly distorted wedge shape gives it the appearance of a herring or a whale, hence its nickname.
#astrophotography #astronomy #space #unistellar #citizenscience #ngc4631 #galaxy #canesvenatici
#astrophotography #astronomy #space #unistellar #citizenscience #ngc4631 #galaxy #canesvenatici