Fornax galaxy with four globular clusters marked
This is a Digitized Sky Survey 2 image of the dwarf galaxy Fornax. Highlighted here are four globular clusters found in the galaxy called Fornax 1, 2, 3 and 5.
New observations of the four clusters — large balls of stars that orbit the centres of galaxies — show they are very similar to those found in our galaxy, the Milky Way. The finding is at odds with leading theories on how these clusters form — in these theories, globular clusters should be nestled among large quantities of old stars — and so the mystery of how these objects came to exist deepens.
Credit:ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2
About the Image
Id: | heic1425g |
Type: | Collage |
Release date: | 20 November 2014, 16:00 |
Related releases: | heic1425 |
Size: | 5000 x 5000 px |
About the Object
Name: | Fornax 1, Fornax 2, Fornax 3, Fornax 5, Fornax Dwarf Spheroidal (Galaxy) |
Type: | Local Universe : Star : Grouping : Cluster : Globular Local Universe : Galaxy : Size : Dwarf |
Category: | Galaxies Star Clusters |
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Colours & filters
Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
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Optical B | 445 nm | Digitized Sky Survey 2 |
Optical R | 658 nm | Digitized Sky Survey 2 |