The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured an amazing new photo of NGC 1385, a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation of Fornax.
NGC 1385 is located approximately 68 million light-years away in the constellation of Fornax.
This galaxy was discovered on November 17, 1784 by the German-born British astronomer William Herschel.
Otherwise known as AGC 22776, ESO 482-16, LEDA 13368 and IRAS 03353-2439, it has a diameter of about 70,000 light-years.
NGC 1385 is a member of the NGC 1385 group, a gathering of over 30 galaxies.
The galaxy also belongs to the Eridanus Cluster, a larger group that includes about 200 galaxies.
“NGC 1385 was the subject of another Hubble image, but the two images are notably different, the Hubble astronomers said.
“The new image has far more pinkish-red and umber shades, whereas the former image was dominated by cool blues.”
“This chromatic variation is not just a creative choice, but also a technical one, made in order to represent the different number and type of filters used to collect the data that were used to make the respective images.”
“It is understandable to be a bit confused as to how the same galaxy, imaged twice by the same telescope, could be represented so differently in two different images,” they said.
“The reason is that — like all powerful telescopes used by professional astronomers for scientific research — Hubble is equipped with a range of filters.”
“These highly specialized components have little similarity to filters used on social media: those software-powered filters are added after the image has been taken, and cause information to be lost from the image as certain colors are exaggerated or reduced for aesthetic effect.”
“In contrast, telescope filters are pieces of physical hardware that only allow very specific wavelengths of light to enter the telescope as the data are being collected.”
“This does cause light to be lost, but means that astronomers can probe extremely…
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