“Coincidentally, this was the year in which the only supernova ever to be detected in our neighboring galaxy Andromeda was witnessed by 19th-century astronomers. “Thanks to NGC 3318’s distance from Earth, the original supernova must have taken place in or around 1885.” Part of a project to record star formation in nearby galaxies, this initiative provides significant insights into various astronomical fields. “The titanic supernova SN 2000cl was first detected by amateur astronomer Robin Chassagne in 2000,” the researchers said. NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured a detailed image of the barred spiral galaxy NGC 5068.

On February 2, 2000, a very bright supernova called SN 2000cl was observed in NGC 3318. “As befits a galaxy in a nautically inspired constellation, the outer edges of NGC 3318 almost resemble a ship’s sails billowing in a gentle breeze.” “Argo Navis was split into three separate parts called Carnina, Puppis, and Vela - each named after part of the Argo.” “Vela was originally part of a far larger constellation, known as Argo Navis after the fabled ship Argo from Greek mythology, but this unwieldy constellation proved to be impractically large,” they added. A delicate tracery of dust and bright star clusters threads across this image from the James Webb Space Telescope. “The spiral arms of the galaxy NGC 3318 are lazily draped across this image,” Hubble astronomers said. A spiral nebula encircles the flat disc in a spiral galaxy. Characteristics of Spiral Galaxy They have a circular, flat disc surrounded by spiral arms with dark matter concentrations and fewer stars. NGC 3318 belongs to the NGC 3318 group, a small group of at least nine galaxies. Roughly two-thirds of all spirals have a bar structure that begins at the end of the central bulge, with spiral arms branching off of it. NGC 3318 is located approximately 115 million light-years away in the southern constellation of Vela.Īlso known as AGC 27358, ESO 317-52 and IRAS 10350-4122, the galaxy was discovered on Maby the English astronomer John Herschel. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / ESO / R.J. For three galaxies (one of them a low-ionization nuclear emission-line region). The color results from assigning different hues to each monochromatic image associated with an individual filter. The nebular metallicity gradients are very shallow in the bulge and bar regions. Six filters were used to sample various wavelengths. For both spiral and barred spiral galaxies, after the initial notation of the broad.

The color image is made up of observations from Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) and VLT’s Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) instrument in the near-infrared and optical parts of the spectrum. Regular or standard spiral galaxies are typically notated as S or SA.

Bright knots of glowing gas light up the spiral arms, indicating a rich environment of star formation. This image shows NGC 3318, a barred spiral galaxy some 115 million light-years away in the constellation of Vela. Spiral Galaxy Resembling festive lights on a holiday wreath, this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image of the nearby spiral galaxy M74 is an iconic reminder of the impending season.

Parts of a barred spiral galaxy