The moment of the disappearance of a galaxy was recently recorded by the Hubble Space Telescope.
NASA’s Hubble Telescope captured an astonishing image of a “dying” galaxy, known as NGC 1947, from the constellation Dorado (Sword Fisherman).
More than 200 years after its discovery by Scottish astronomer Janes Dunlop, this lens-shaped galaxy is slowly losing its ability to establish the matter that forms a characteristic spiral – the configuration creates orbits around the galactic center. And in the search process, astronomers must rely on the backlighting of millions of nearby stars to find the faint remains of this iconic spiral branch.
The destruction and subsequent death of the galaxy NGC 1947 is irreversible, the Hubble Telescope image provided details of how it continues to lose material, the team said.
Usually, when dense clouds of gas and dust collapse under the effect of strong gravity, the cloud forms a disc of matter that gives rise to a new star. However, if there isn’t enough gas and dust to form these dense clouds, NGC 1947 will continue to fade over time, astronomers said.
According to Sputnik, Hubble is the largest and most powerful telescope ever launched into space to date. It is set up and operates in Earth orbit at an altitude of approximately 610 km, which is approximately 220 km higher than the orbital altitude of the International Space Station ISS. Recently, he provided an image of the luminous core of the galaxy M61 – an astonishing discovery of star formation that could help scientists complete the classification of M61 as a galaxy.
