#StellarStream

@electricbluesfan.bsky.social

4 months ago

2/8 Just by "perusing its first test image," #astronomers found a massive trail of light—a stellar stream—extending from the Messier 61 galaxy.

"This is the first #StellarStream detected from Rubin," said #astrophysicist Sarah #Pearson. "And it’s just a precursor."

#RubinObservatory #M61

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Pure Science

@purescience.news

4 months ago

The Keen-Eyed Vera Rubin Observatory Has Discovered A Massive Stellar Stream The Vera Rubin Observatory saw first light in June 2025. Its images from that time are called the Virgo First Look images because they focus on the Virgo Cluster of galaxies. M61 is one of the galaxies...

The Keen-Eyed Vera Rubin Observatory Has Discovered A Massive Stellar Stream #Science #Space #Astronomy #VeraRubinObservatory #StellarStream #AstronomyDiscovery

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Apodsky

@nasapodsky.bsky.social

10 months ago

A stunning deep space image of the Sunflower Galaxy (M63 or NGC 5055), a spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici. The image showcases its bright yellowish core, sweeping blue spiral arms, and pink star-forming regions. A faint stellar stream, evidence of a past galaxy merger, is visible in the halo.

Astronomy Picture from 11/09/2010

Star Streams and the Sunflower Galaxy

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap100911.html

#Messier63 #SunflowerGalaxy #SpiralGalaxy #NGC5055 #CanesVenatici #Astrophotography #Space #Cosmos #GalaxyMerger #DeepSpace #Astronomy #Universe #StellarStream

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