2007-05-30 04:15:46 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
http://imgsrc.hubblesite.org/hu/db/2007/19/images/a/formats/web_print.jpg
2007-05-30 04:15:57 · update #1
C'mon, it's a galaxy. M81 by the New General Catalogue (NGC). Look it up in Wikipedia. Or, for a real treat, spend more time looking over the other Hubble Deep Space photos. You didn't just now discover there was a big ol' universe out there, did ya?
2007-05-30 04:30:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is an image of one of the galaxies nearest to us, Messier 81 in Ursa Major. Galaxies are very large groupings of stars, similar to our own galaxy, the Milky Way. Galaxies mainly consist of stars, but also usually contain a lot of gas and dust.
2007-05-30 11:45:05 · answer #2 · answered by GeoffG 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This photograph, a composite of many taken over months has resolution so sharp that individual stars can be seen. Similar to our own galaxy, scientists are excited about it.
Isn't it ironic that we can see whole galaxies so far away, and we only know what ours looks like by deduction, as we can't see but a small part of it.
2007-05-30 23:59:34 · answer #3 · answered by John B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It says at the top that it is a spiral galaxy. This means that it's a cluster of stars circling aruond a center. The stars are concentrated in two arms.
I still think it's a milkshake though.
Edit: by cluster I mean like millions.
2007-05-30 11:25:28 · answer #4 · answered by -_- 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's a galaxy full of stars & planets. Like our Milky Way galaxy.
2007-05-30 11:19:49 · answer #5 · answered by Dogflaps 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Stars, planets, black holes, whatever else you might find in a Galaxy.
2007-05-30 11:19:42 · answer #6 · answered by Lady Geologist 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
stars and planets and lots of wonderful things you can find if you look really close
2007-05-30 11:23:38 · answer #7 · answered by DENISE 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God's vomit
2007-05-30 12:01:45 · answer #8 · answered by doom98999 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋