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NGC 34, John Bozeman

NGC 34

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NGC 34, John Bozeman

NGC 34

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NGC 34 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus. It is the result of a merger between two disk galaxies, resulting in a recent starburst in the central regions and continuing starforming activity. The galaxy is still gas-rich, and has a single galactic nucleus. It lies 250 million light years away. Due to the major merger event NGC 34 has no defined spiral arms like the Milky Way galaxy. Unlike the Milky Way, the center bar nucleus is also distorted. The merger destroyed any galactic habitable zone that may have been there before the merger. For the Milky Way, the galactic habitable zone is commonly believed to be an annulus with an outer radius of about 10 kiloparsecs and an inner radius close to the Galactic Center, both of which lack hard boundaries

Data from the Hubble Space Telescope MAST Pipeline. Release date: 2017-11-10

Camera: WFC3

Color Mapped:

Red-F665N
Green-F555W
Blue-F336W

Processed with FITS Liberator, PixInsight and Photoshop 2023.

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NGC 34, John Bozeman