As if it were a mesmerizing colossal jellyfish, the Cartwheel Galaxy was captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. NASA has released a spectacular new image of a celestial body that is about 500 million light-years away from Earth.
The Hubble Space Telescope had earlier images of the Cartwheel galaxy, but new photographs by James Webb make things clear. We now know that the galaxy is much more impressive than previously thought. According to NASA, the Cartwheel Galaxy is large enough to be classified as a large galaxy. larger than our Milky Waybut smaller than Andromeda.
Scientists have found that Carwheel the result of the fusion of two giant disks and the structure of their nuclei. Both are closely related to each other. They say the merger was a high-intensity event that happened hundreds of millions of years ago when a larger and smaller spiral galaxy collided at high speed. Thus, they gave birth to this huge biconvex formation.
The Cartwheel Galaxy consists of two rings. The inner one is the brightest, while the outer one offers a larger range of colors., and which has been expanding for about 440 million years. Together they present a vision so impressive that it becomes one of the most amazing shots ever taken by James Webb.
How to interpret this image taken by James Webb
NIRCam is one of the tools that James Webb is equipped with. This instrument allows the telescope to operate in the near infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum. What does all this technicality mean? Basically what able to see beyond visible light. Thanks to this, it was possible to discover more stars than was originally known.
The picture shows that many stars are forming in the outer ring galaxies. A view that has not yet been captured in such detail due to the presence of dust, a material that obscured much of this detail.
James Webb’s NIRCam instrument was also able to reveal data such as the chemical composition of forming stars. Similarly, we have distribution and population oldest stars at the core of a galaxy. Meanwhile, the younger ones are outside.
Galaxy Trolley This celestial body is rich in hydrocarbons. and chemical compounds such as silicate powder. In fact, those formations that show the highest concentrations of these materials are the spiral arms that make up its skeleton.
cart wheel shows us his printed past in an impressive structure, but it also allows us to glimpse into its future. The vision she offers today is only a transitional phase. So we know that it will continue to change over the next few billion years.
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