The Hubble Telescope Captures a Galaxy That Holds a Luminous Secret

An image from the Hubble Space Telescope this week shows the dusty galaxy NGC 7172, located 110 million light-years away in the constellation Piscis Austrinus (Southern Fish). This might look like a typical galaxy from this angle, but the truth holds a secret, digitaltrend reports.

“A dust lane that cuts its way through NGC 7172 obscures the galaxy’s luminous core, making NGC 7172 look like an ordinary spiral galaxy from the side,” the Hubble scientists wrote.

Astronomers found something unexpected: “When astronomers examined NGC 7172 across the electromagnetic spectrum, they quickly discovered that there was more to it than meets the eye: NGC 7172 is a sievert galaxy. that accumulate on a supermassive black hole.”

Hubble saw objects like this galaxy at the wavelength of visible light, which is the same as what the human eye can see, and the image was taken using two of its instruments, the Camera for Surveys and the Wide Field Camera 3.

Watch the gradient through the atmospheric review of the bright, glowing heart of the Seyfert galaxy.

Hubble Data Rest of the Galaxy.