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Imagen del Hubble y modelo 3D de M87
A photo of the huge elliptical galaxy M87 [left] is compared to its three-dimensional shape as gleaned from meticulous observations made with the Hubble and Keck telescopes [right]. Because the galaxy is too far away for astronomers to employ stereoscopic vision, they instead fol...
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- Jan 1, 2023
- Misión
- Hubble Space Telescope
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A photo of the huge elliptical galaxy M87 [left] is compared to its three-dimensional shape as gleaned from meticulous observations made with the Hubble and Keck telescopes [right]. Because the galaxy is too far away for astronomers to employ stereoscopic vision, they instead followed the motion of stars around the center of M87, like bees around a hive. This created a three-dimensional view of how stars are distributed within the galaxy.
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Illustration
NASA, ESA, Joseph Olmsted (STScI), Frank Summers (STScI)
Science
Chung-Pei Ma (UC Berkeley)
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