Hubble sees galaxy with dark rings in new light

Hubble sees galaxy with dark rings in new light

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features an uncommon galaxy with a striking appearance. NGC 7722 is a lenticular galaxy located about 187 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus.

Hubble And The Fingerprints Of An Ancient Merger

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows NGC 7722, a lenticular galaxy about 187 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus. This “lens-shaped” galaxy sits in between more familiar spiral alaxies and elliptical galaxies in the galaxy classification scheme. The dark, dramatic dust lanes are the fingerprints of an ancient galaxy merger.

Hubble Space Telescope Spies Beautiful Lenticular Galaxy: NGC 7722

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have captured a new photo of the lenticular galaxy NGC 7722. The post Hubble Space Telescope Spies Beautiful Lenticular Galaxy: NGC 7722 appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.