Tag: Whale Galaxy

Composite image of the galaxy NGC 4631, the "Whale Galaxy," revealing large magnetic structures. Credit: Jayanne English of the University of Manitoba, with NRAO VLA radio data from Silvia Carolina Mora-Partiarroyo and Marita Krause of the Max-Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy

Gigantic Magnetic Ropes Seen In Whale Galaxy’s Halo

MessageToEagle.com | January 2, 2020

Eddie Gonzales Jr. – MessageToEagle.com – For the first time, an image of large-scale, coherent, magnetic fields in the halo of a faraway spiral galaxy known as NGC 4631,

Astronomy

Unraveling Secrets Of Stellar Halos With Subaru Telescope

MessageToEagle.com | November 21, 2017

MessageToEagle.com – Using the Subaru Telescope atop Maunakea, researchers have identified 11 dwarf galaxies and two star-containing halos in the outer region of a large spiral galaxy 25 million