Pan across NGC 5256
This video pans over NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope observations of the galaxy NGC 5256, about 350 million light-years from Earth. The galaxy is actually the result of two galaxies merging: the pan shows that the galaxy is composed of two disc galaxies whirling around each other in the last stage of a cosmic collision. In the process the gas from within the galaxies — coloured in red in this image — is thrown into space and performs a slow dance around the merging galactic nuclei.
Credit:ESA/Hubble, NASA
About the Video
Id: | heic1720b |
Release date: | 14 December 2017, 16:00 |
Related releases: | heic1720 |
Duration: | 30 s |
Frame rate: | 30 fps |