3D visualisation of ESO 137-001 (artist’s impression)
This artist's illustration shows spiral galaxy ESO 137-001 in 3D. The galaxy is undergoing a process known as ram pressure stripping, where streaks of bright gas are being dragged out into space by the cluster it is moving through.
Credit:About the Video
| Id: | heic1404d |
| Release date: | 4 March 2014, 16:00 |
| Related releases: | heic1404 |
| Related announcements: | ann1404 |
| Duration: | 23 s |
| Frame rate: | 30 fps |
About the Object
| Name: | ESO 137-001, Norma cluster |
| Type: | Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Interacting Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Spiral |
| Category: | Galaxies |
