The Cartwheel Galaxy
Researchers analyzing the Hubble Space Telescope's dramatic images of the Cartwheel galaxy have discovered immense comet-like clouds of gas speeding at nearly 700, 000 mph through the galaxy's core.
Credit:Curt Struck and Philip Appleton (Iowa State University), Kirk Borne(Hughes STX Corporation), and Ray Lucas ( Space Telescope Science Institute), and NASA/ESA
About the Image
About the Object
| Name: | Cartwheel Galaxy, IRAS 00352-3359 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Lenticular |
| Distance: | 400 million light years |
| Category: | Galaxies |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
|---|---|---|
| Optical B | 450 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |
| Infrared I | 814 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |
Notes: The observation information is for the right image in the collage.