File:A Galaxy on Edge (50033246701).jpg
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The galaxy known as NGC 5907 stretches wide across this image. Appearing as an elongated line of stars and dark dust, the galaxy is categorised as a spiral galaxy just like our own Milky Way. In this new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, we don’t see the beautiful spiral arms because we are viewing it edge-on, like looking at the rim of a plate. It is for this reason that NGC 5907 is also known as the Knife Edge Galaxy. The Knife Edge Galaxy is about 50 million light-years from Earth, lying in the northern constellation of Draco. Although not visible in this image, ghostly streams of stars on large arching loops extend into space, circling around the galaxy; they are believed to be remnants of a small dwarf galaxy, torn apart by the Knife Edge Galaxy and merged with it over four billion years ago. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, R. de Jong Acknowledgement: Judy Schmidt (Geckzilla) |
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Source | A Galaxy on Edge |
Author | Hubble ESA |
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Credit/Provider | ESA/Hubble & NASA, R. de JongAcknowledgement: Judy Schmidt (Geckzilla) |
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Source | ESA/Hubble |
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Date and time of data generation | 06:00, 22 June 2020 |
Software used | Adobe Photoshop 21.1 (Windows) |
File change date and time | 15:54, 3 March 2020 |
Date and time of digitizing | 21:04, 25 February 2020 |
Date metadata was last modified | 16:54, 3 March 2020 |
Unique ID of original document | xmp.did:d0dfd7c9-e295-e44d-be4f-94dfd1e15397 |
Keywords | NGC 5907 |
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Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2 Garching bei München, None, D-85748 Germany |
IIM version | 4 |