Illustration of Comet-Like Objects Racing Through the Cartwheel Galaxy's Core
This artist's illustration offers a 'window seat' view of comet-like clouds of gas racing through the heart of the Cartwheel galaxy at 700,000 mph. The large orange and yellow pancake-like object is the galaxy's core, and the white streaks along its edges are the comet-like objects. The objects probably were spawned by a collision between high-speed and slow-moving material.
This artist's illustration offers a 'window seat' view of comet-like clouds of gas racing through the heart of the Cartwheel galaxy at 700, 000 mph.
The large orange and yellow pancake-like object is the galaxy's core, and the white streaks along its edges are the comet-like objects. The objects probably were spawned by a collision between high-speed and slow-moving material.
Credit:
J. Gitlin ( Space Telescope Science Institute), and NASA/ESA
About the Image
NASA caption
| Id: | opo9636c |
| Type: | Artwork |
| Release date: | 26 November 1996, 06:00 |
| Size: | 800 x 640 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Cartwheel Galaxy, IRAS 00352-3359 |
| Type: | • Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Ring |
| Distance: | 500 million light years |
