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<\/a><\/figure>This NASA\/ESA\u00a0Hubble Space Telescope<\/a>\u00a0image features the spiral galaxy NGC 4535, which is situated about 50 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo (the Maiden). Through a small telescope, this galaxy appears extremely faint, giving it the nickname \u2018Lost Galaxy\u2019. With a mirror spanning nearly eight feet (2.4 meters) across and its location above Earth\u2019s light-obscuring atmosphere, Hubble can easily observe dim galaxies like NGC 4535 and pick out features like its massive spiral arms and central bar of stars.<\/p>\n This image features NGC 4535\u2019s young star clusters, which dot the galaxy\u2019s spiral arms. Glowing-pink clouds surround many of these bright-blue star groupings. These clouds, called H II (\u2018H-two\u2019) regions, are a sign that the galaxy is home to especially young, hot, and massive stars that blaze with high-energy radiation. Such massive stars shake up their surroundings by heating their birth clouds with powerful stellar winds, eventually exploding as supernovae.<\/p>\n The image incorporates data from an observing program designed to catalog roughly 50,000 H II regions in nearby star-forming galaxies like NGC 4535. Hubble released a previous image of\u00a0NGC 4535 in 2021<\/a>. Both the 2021 image and this new image incorporate observations from the\u00a0PHANGS observing program<\/a>, which seeks to understand the connections between young stars and cold gas. Today\u2019s image adds a new dimension to our understanding of NGC 4535 by capturing the brilliant red glow of the nebulae that encircle massive stars in their first few million years of life.<\/p>\n Image credit: ESA\/Hubble & NASA, F. Belfiore, J. Lee and the PHANGS-HST Team<\/em><\/p>\n Powered by WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n Get The Details…<\/a> This NASA\/ESA\u00a0Hubble Space Telescope\u00a0image features the spiral galaxy NGC 4535, which is situated about 50 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo (the Maiden). Through a small telescope, this galaxy appears extremely faint, giving it the nickname \u2018Lost Galaxy\u2019. With a mirror spanning nearly eight feet (2.4 meters) across and its location above Earth\u2019s light-obscuring [\u2026] Continue reading
\nMonika Luabeya <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"