COLLECTION NAME:
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
Record
Title:
Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1300
Explanation:
NGC 1300 is a large spiral galaxy [ http://antwrp.gsfc.… ] that appears as a flattened figure eight. A huge bar that spans over 150,000 light-years [ http://chandra.harv… ] across the galaxy center dominates its appearance. The picturesque galaxy [ http://www.aao.gov.… ] lies about 75 million light-years distant, so that light that we see now left during the age [ http://www.austmus.… ] of the dinosaurs [ http://pubs.usgs.go… ]. Although it is well known how fast different parts of NGC 1300 rotate [ http://adsabs.harva… ], the specific orbits of many component stars -- including how they interact with the gigantic bar -- remains a topic of research [ http://adsabs.harva… ]. Our own Milky Way Galaxy [ http://antwrp.gsfc.… ] is a spiral galaxy [ http://www.seds.org… ] with a less prominent bar. NGC 1300 [ http://www.starligh… ] can be seen with a small telescope towards the constellation [ http://www.att.virt… ] of Eridanus [ http://www.astronom… ].
Credit and Copyright:
S. Lee & D. F. Malin [ mailto:dfm@aaoepp.aao.gov.au ], AAO [ http://www.aao.gov.… ]
keyword:
SBb
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_what:
Eridanus
UID:
SPD-APOD-ap001004
