NGC 3079 and Q0957+561

In 1790, William Herschel discovered NGC 3079, a nearly edge-on barred spiral galaxy in Ursa Major about 50 million light-years away. Hubble images reveal its spiral disk is peppered with many HII regions that appear strikingly red. Hubble also uncovered how the galactic nucleus is emitting a lumpy bubble of hot gas surrounded by glowingContinue reading “NGC 3079 and Q0957+561”
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