Galaxy M51 Hubble Remix


	Galaxy M51 Hubble Remix

skwirlinator

6-14-2008 10:18 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/355e677e-b55a-4071-81c5-8eed6cc07ae8/8A29123C-AA47-438A-9ED3-32409D089693/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0806/M51HST-GendlerM.jpg" href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0806/M51HST-GendlerM.jpg" style="font-size: 11px;">antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0806/M51HST-GendlerM.jpg"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/img/DA894A1E-BE89-42CF-B926-58B2F6BD61AB" alt="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0806/M51HST-GendlerM.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.coolscifi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=194991" href="http://www.coolscifi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=194991" style="font-size: 11px;">www.coolscifi.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.coolscifi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=194991"><DIV>
 <B> Explanation: </B> <A target="_blank" href="http://www.seds.org/messier/m/m051.html">The 51st entry</A> in Charles Messier's famous catalog is perhaps the original <A target="_blank" href="http://www.seds.org/messier/more/m051_rosse.html">spiral nebula</A> - a large galaxy with a well defined spiral structure also cataloged as NGC 5194. Over 60,000 light-years across, M51's spiral arms and dust lanes clearly sweep in front of its companion galaxy (right), <A target="_blank" href="http://www.seds.org/messier/xtra/ngc/n5195.html">NGC 5195</A>. Image data from the Hubble's <A target="_blank" href="http://hubblesite.org/sci.d.tech/nuts_.and._bolts/ instruments/acs/">Advanced Camera for Surveys</A> has been reprocessed to produce <A target="_blank" href="http://www.robgendlerastropics.com/M51HST-Gendler.html">this alternative</A> portrait of the <A target="_blank" href="http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/ 2005/12/image/a">well-known</A> interacting galaxy pair. The processing has further sharpened details and enhanced color and contrast in otherwise faint areas, bringing out dust lanes and extended streams that cross the small companion, along with features in the surroundings and core of M51 itself. <A target="_blank" href="http://www.seds.org/messier/more/m051gr.html">The pair are</A> about 31 million light-years distant. Not far on the sky from the handle of the <A target="_blank" href="http://www.astropix.com/HTML/C_SPRING/BIGDIP.HTM">Big Dipper</A>, they officially lie within the boundaries of the small constellation <A target="_blank" href="http://www.allthesky.com/constellations/ canesvenatici/">Canes Venatici</A>. </DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/8A29123C-AA47-438A-9ED3-32409D089693/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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