
NGC 6240 - Wikipedia
NGC 6240, also known as the Starfish Galaxy, is a nearby ultraluminous infrared galaxy (ULIRG) in the constellation Ophiuchus. It was discovered by French astronomer Édouard Stephan on 12 July 1871.
NGC 6240 - 维基百科,自由的百科全书
NGC 6240也稱為海星星系(Starfish Galaxy), 是位於蛇夫座,鄰近的一個極亮紅外星系(ULIRGs)。該星系是三個較小星系合併後的殘骸。
Hubble Revisits Tangled NGC 6240 - NASA Science
2015年5月22日 · NGC 6240 lies 400 million light-years away in the constellation of Ophiuchus (The Serpent Holder). This galaxy has an elongated shape with branching wisps, loops and tails. This mess of gas, dust and stars bears more than a passing resemblance to …
NGC 6240 - 百度百科
NGC 6240是一个蝴蝶形状的星系,NGC 6240距离地球约3亿光年远,位于蛇夫座,其实它是两个富含气体的 螺旋星系 正在「合体」的天体。最近,在夏威夷的凯克(Keck)天文台用强威力的“自适用应”光学系统拍摄到它们的清晰像,揭示出NGC 6240有两个自转的恒星盘 ...
NGC 6240:拥有三个超大质量黑洞的星系-浩瀚科普
2023年11月24日 · ngc 6240是一个不规则星系,由三个 星系合并 而成 强烈的红外亮度,也表示该星系中有强烈的恒星形成区域或者是拥有极度活跃的星系核。 这些极度活跃的 天文 现象会产生大量的辐射,从而加热星系内的尘埃,并使得尘埃发出红外线。
Hubble Interacting Galaxy NGC 6240 - NASA Science
2008年4月24日 · NGC 6240 is a peculiar, butterfly- or lobster-shaped galaxy consisting of two smaller merging galaxies. It lies in the constellation of Ophiuchus, the Serpent Holder, some 400 million light-years away.
Giant Gas Cloud in System NGC 6240 - NASA
2013年4月30日 · Scientists have used Chandra to make a detailed study of an enormous cloud of hot gas enveloping two large, colliding galaxies. This unusually large reservoir of gas contains as much mass as 10 billion Suns, spans about 300,000 light years, and radiates at a temperature of more than 7 million degrees.
APOD: 2009 June 18 - NGC 6240: Merging Galaxies
Explanation: NGC 6240 offers a rare glimpse of a cosmic catastrophe in its final throes. The titanic galaxy-galaxy collision is located a mere 400 million light-years away in the constellation Ophiuchus .
宇宙奇观!NGC 6240星系中原来隐藏着三个超大质量黑洞
2019年11月26日 · 近日,一篇发表在《天文学与天体物理学》杂志上的文章报道了一项关于NGC 6240星系的研究,研究有证据表明这个星系包含三个超大质量黑洞。 通过利用智利欧洲南方天文台VLT巡天望远镜上的MUSE仪器以及以往的研究数据,哥廷根大学Wolfram Kollatschny教授领导的一组研究人员获取了研究所需的高精度观测数据,研究结果认为,NGC 6240中的超大质量黑洞似乎有三个,而不是此前研究中认为的两个。 这表明当前NGC 6240星系的星系合并过程实际 …
Hubble revisits tangled NGC 6240
Not all galaxies are neatly shaped, as this new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 6240 clearly demonstrates. Hubble previously released an image of this galaxy back in 2008, but the knotted region, shown here in a pinky-red hue at the centre of the galaxies, was only revealed in these observations from Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 ...