Pan of the Phantom Galaxy
This image from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope shows the heart of M74, otherwise known as the Phantom Galaxy. Webb’s sharp vision has revealed delicate filaments of gas and dust in the grandiose spiral arms which wind outwards from the centre of this image. A lack of gas in the nuclear region also provides an unobscured view of the nuclear star cluster at the galaxy's centre. M74 is a particular class of spiral galaxy known as a ‘grand design spiral’, meaning that its spiral arms are prominent and well-defined, unlike the patchy and ragged structure seen in some spiral galaxies.
Credit:ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, J. Lee and the PHANGS-JWST Team
Music: Stellardrone – Twilight
About the Video
Id: | potm2208a | |
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Release date: | 29 August 2022, 06:00 | |
Duration: | 30 s | |
Frame rate: | 25 fps |
About the Object
Category: | Galaxies MIRI Pans Picture of the Month |
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