#ngc 2146

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At 70 million light-years away, Galaxy NGC 2146

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NGC 2146 // SJC_Astrophotography

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Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 2146 by NASA Hubble

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I campi magnetici: una parte onnipresente degli ecosistemi galattici

I campi magnetici: una parte onnipresente degli ecosistemi galattici

I campi magnetici di galassie a spirale (M51, M83, NGC 3627, NGC 7331), starburst (M82, NGC 2146), nuclei galattici attivi (NGC 1068 e Centaurus A) e galassie in fusione (galassie Antenne) ottenuti da SALSA (Survey of extragALactic magnetiSm with SOFIA). I risultati sono pubblicati su The Astrophysical Journal. L’evoluzione delle galassie è controllata da una delicata interazione tra gravità,…

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Las Cumbres Observatory and Hubble Space Telescope color composite of the electron-capture supernova 2018zd (the large white dot on the right) and the host starburst galaxy NGC 2146 (toward the left). (credit: NASA/STSCI/J. Depasquale; Las Cumbres Observatory)

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Galactic Stretching

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La supernova SN2005V de la Galaxia NGC2146

La supernova SN2005V de la Galaxia NGC2146

El telescopio espacial Chandra está estudiando una espectacular supernova llamada SN2005V descubierta por el instrumento LIRIS el 30 de enero de 2005. Esta supernova se encuentra cerca de la brillante región central de la galaxia NGC 2146. La supernova 2005V fue un tipo de explosión estelar causada por el colapso del núcleo de una estrella masiva y es uno de al menos dos eventos de supernova…

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(ESA/Hubble)  Feeling the strain

A galaxy being stretched out of shape has been imaged by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. Known as NGC 2146, it has been severely warped and deformed so that an immense dusty arm of glittering material now lies directly in front of the centre of the galaxy, as seen in the image.

NGC 2146 is classified as a barred spiral due to its shape, but the most distinctive feature is the dusty spiral arm that has looped in front of the galaxy's core as seen from our perspective. The forces required to pull this structure out of its natural shape and twist it up to 45 degrees are colossal. The most likely explanation is that a neighbouring galaxy is gravitationally perturbing it and distorting the orbits of many of NGC 2146’s stars. It is probable that we are currently witnessing the end stages of a process which has been occurring for tens of millions of years.NCG 2146 is undergoing intense bouts of star formation, to such an extent that it is referred to as a starburst galaxy. This is a common state for barred spirals, but the extra gravitational disruption that NGC 2146 is enduring no doubt exacerbates the situation, compressing hydrogen-rich nebulae and triggering stellar birth.

Measuring about 80 000 light-years from end to end, NGC 2146 is slightly smaller than the Milky Way. It lies approximately 70 million light-years distant in the faint northern constellation of Camelopardalis (The Giraffe). Although it is fairly easy to see with a moderate-sized telescope as a faint elongated blur of light it was not spotted until 1876 when the German astronomer Friedrich Winnecke found it visually using just a 16 cm telescope.

Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA 

About the Object

Name: NGC 2146 Type: Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Spiral           Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Barred Distance: 90 million light years Constellation: Camelopardalis Category: Galaxies

Coordinates

Position (RA):6 18 37.23 Position (Dec):78° 21' 28.99" Field of view:2.63 x 1.65 arcminutes Orientation:North is 79.5° right of vertical

Source

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NGC 2146.

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Stuck in the middle

This pretty, cloud-like object may not look much like a galaxy — it lacks the well-defined arms of a spiral galaxy, or the reddish bulge of an elliptical — but it is in fact something known as a lenticular galaxy. Lenticular galaxies sit somewhere between the spiral and elliptical types; they are disc-shaped, like spirals, but they no longer form large numbers of new stars and thus contain only ageing populations of stars, like ellipticals.

NGC 2655’s core is extremely luminous, resulting in its additional classification as a Seyfert galaxy: a type of active galaxy with strong and characteristic emission lines. This luminosity is thought to be produced as matter is dragged onto the accretion disc of a supermassive black hole sitting at the centre of NGC 2655. The structure of NGC 2655’s outer disc, on the other hand, appears calmer, but it is oddly-shaped. The complex dynamics of the gas in the galaxy suggest that it may have had a turbulent past, including mergers and interactions with other galaxies.

NGC 2655 is located about 80 million light-years from Earth in the constellation of Camelopardalis (The Giraffe). Camelopardalis contains many other interesting deep-sky objects, including the open cluster NGC 1502, the elegant Kemble’s Cascade asterism, and the starburst galaxy NGC 2146.

https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw

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#Space: the severely warped and deformed starburst #galaxy NGC 2146 https://bit.ly/3lr9wL5 via @HUBBLE_space https://bit.ly/3psCpZZ

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NGC 2146 with a Hubble Space Telescope insert // Eric Coles (coles44)

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From SpaceTelescope.Org Picture of the Week; August 22, 2011:

Feeling The Strain

A galaxy being stretched out of shape has been imaged by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. Known as NGC 2146, it has been severely warped and deformed so that an immense dusty arm of glittering material now lies directly in front of the center of the galaxy, as seen in the image.

NGC 2146 is classified as a barred spiral due to its shape, but the most distinctive feature is the dusty spiral arm that has looped in front of the galaxy's core as seen from our perspective. The forces required to pull this structure out of its natural shape and twist it up to 45 degrees are colossal. The most likely explanation is that a neighboring galaxy is gravitationally perturbing it and distorting the orbits of many of NGC 2146’s stars. It is probable that we are currently witnessing the end stages of a process which has been occurring for tens of millions of years.

NCG 2146 is undergoing intense bouts of star formation, to such an extent that it is referred to as a starburst galaxy. This is a common state for barred spirals, but the extra gravitational disruption that NGC 2146 is enduring no doubt exacerbates the situation, compressing hydrogen-rich nebulae and triggering stellar birth.

Measuring about 80 000 light-years from end to end, NGC 2146 is slightly smaller than the Milky Way. It lies approximately 70 million light-years distant in the faint northern constellation of Camelopardalis (The Giraffe). Although it is fairly easy to see with a moderate-sized telescope as a faint elongated blur of light it was not spotted until 1876 when the German astronomer Friedrich Winnecke found it visually using just a 16 cm telescope.

This picture was created from images taken with the Wide Field Channel of Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys. Images through a near-infrared filter (F814W, colored blue and orange/brown) were combined with images taken in a filter that isolates the glow from hydrogen gas (F658N, colored red). An additional green color channel was also created by combining the two to help to create a realistic color rendition for the final picture from this unusual filter combination. The total exposure times were 120 s and 700 s respectively and the field of view is covers 2.6 x 1.6 arcminutes.

Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA

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supernova SN 2018zd (large white dot at right) within the galaxy NGC 2146.

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Peculiar Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 2146

This image was obtained with the wide-field view of the Mosaic camera on the Mayall 4-meter telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory. NGC 2146, the large galaxy in the lower-right corner of the image, is classified as a peculiar barred spiral. It is also considered to be a starburst galaxy because stars are forming inside it at a rapid rate. NGC 2146 is likely two galaxies that collided and are near the end of the process of merging. The smaller galaxy in the upper-left corner, NGC 2146A, is likely a companion galaxy. Its role in the star-formation or merger history of NGC 2146 is unclear. The image was generated with observations in the B (blue), V (green), I (orange) and Hydrogen-Alpha (red) filters. In this image, North is up, East is to the left.

credit line: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage) and H. Schweiker (WIYN and NOAO/AURA/NSF)

NOAO

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Stuck in the middle

This pretty, cloud-like object may not look much like a galaxy — it lacks the well-defined arms of a spiral galaxy, or the reddish bulge of an elliptical — but it is in fact something known as a lenticular galaxy. Lenticular galaxies sit somewhere between the spiral and elliptical types; they are disc-shaped, like spirals, but they no longer form large numbers of new stars and thus contain only ageing populations of stars, like ellipticals.

NGC 2655’s core is extremely luminous, resulting in its additional classification as a Seyfert galaxy: a type of active galaxy with strong and characteristic emission lines. This luminosity is thought to be produced as matter is dragged onto the accretion disc of a supermassive black hole sitting at the centre of NGC 2655. The structure of NGC 2655’s outer disc, on the other hand, appears calmer, but it is oddly-shaped. The complex dynamics of the gas in the galaxy suggest that it may have had a turbulent past, including mergers and interactions with other galaxies.

NGC 2655 is located about 80 million light-years from Earth in the constellation of Camelopardalis (The Giraffe). Camelopardalis contains many other interesting deep-sky objects, including the open cluster NGC 1502, the elegant Kemble’s Cascade asterism, and the starburst galaxy NGC 2146.

https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw