Measuring motions in three distant galaxies

NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope images of the three galaxies studied by a team of astronomers who try to understand how galaxies formed when the Universe was half its current age (upper panels). The same galaxies were then studied with the FLAMES/GIRAFFE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) to probe the motions of gas in these objects (lower panels). Parts which are red are moving away from us, while those that are blue are moving towards us. By studying at these motions in detail, the astronomers try to read the history book of the Universe.

Credit:

ESO/Hammer et al.

Over de afbeelding

Id:eso0910b
Type:Observatie
Publicatiedatum:10 maart 2009
Gerelateerde berichten:eso0910
Grootte:1960 x 1280 px

Over het object

Naam:Galaxies, Hubble Space Telescope
Type:Early Universe : Galaxy
Categorie:Galaxies

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BandTelescoop
OptischVery Large Telescope
FLAMES

Noten: The top images were supplied by the Hubble Space Telescope. FLAMES/GIRAFFE aboard the VLT provided the bottom pictures.