http://tinyurl.com/9vj6jdk
October 19, 2012 - Astronomy.com
Such galaxies display a ring of stars, dust, and gas extending tens of
thousands of light-years along an orbit nearly perpendicular to the main
disk, although scientists are unsure of their formation.
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Friday, October 19, 2012
Big Picture: Galactic smash-up
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20003649
October 19, 2012 - BBC News
This "polar ring galaxy" NGC 660 is a snapshot of a galactic punch-up of
the grandest type. At the centre of the image, captured at the Gemini
Observatory, is a type of spiral galaxy. The vast ring of stars and
debris around it - 40,000 light-years across - came from another galaxy
in a collision that astronomers can now begin to unpick.
October 19, 2012 - BBC News
This "polar ring galaxy" NGC 660 is a snapshot of a galactic punch-up of
the grandest type. At the centre of the image, captured at the Gemini
Observatory, is a type of spiral galaxy. The vast ring of stars and
debris around it - 40,000 light-years across - came from another galaxy
in a collision that astronomers can now begin to unpick.
Galaxy dance of death creates starburst shockwave
http://tinyurl.com/9yngd2l
October 19, 2012 - New Scientist
Meet a poor crazy mixed-up galaxy, NGC 660. It's a lenticular galaxy,
meaning it's not a crowd-pleasing spiral or a shapeless blob elliptical,
but essentially both. Visible in this image from a Gemini telescope on the mountain Mauna Kea, Hawaii, is a surrounding ring of gas, dust and stars, which is what's confusing astronomers.
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October 19, 2012 - New Scientist
Meet a poor crazy mixed-up galaxy, NGC 660. It's a lenticular galaxy,
meaning it's not a crowd-pleasing spiral or a shapeless blob elliptical,
but essentially both. Visible in this image from a Gemini telescope on the mountain Mauna Kea, Hawaii, is a surrounding ring of gas, dust and stars, which is what's confusing astronomers....
Gemini Observatory Catches Rare Glimpse Of Polar Ring Galaxy
http://tinyurl.com/8ahjcc7
October 19, 2012 - RedOrbit
October 19, 2012 - RedOrbit
Many
images that we see from the space observatories are beautiful.
Swirling colors and bright galaxies make for amazing images. But an
image just released from the ground-based Gemini Observatory
of the polar-ring galaxy NGC 660 might be the most hauntingly beautiful
image ever. Add in the back story of a colorful and dramatic tale of
two galaxies locked in a life-and-death struggle, and the picture
becomes poetry in motion.
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Galactic Struggle Captured by Gemini Observatory
http://tinyurl.com/8aspg5p
October 19, 2012 - Universe Today
Strings of gas and dust, the wreckage of a colossal galactic struggle, lie strewn and littered about polar-ring galaxy NGC 660 in this new image from the Gemini Observatory.
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October 19, 2012 - Universe Today
Strings of gas and dust, the wreckage of a colossal galactic struggle, lie strewn and littered about polar-ring galaxy NGC 660 in this new image from the Gemini Observatory.
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Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Gemini captures new images of Pluto, Charon
http://tinyurl.com/9m7cq8h
September 27, 2012 - West Hawaii Today
Gemini’s North telescope played a role in refining information about former planet Pluto and its companion Charon.
In the process, astronomers continued to improve their abilities to identify Earth-sized objects, Gemini spokesman Peter Michaud said.
“We’re refining our ability to detect smaller and smaller objects,” Michaud said. “That’s exciting.”
Steve Howell of the NASA Ames Research Center and his team temporarily installed a Differential Speckle Survey Instrument on the Gemini telescope on Mauna Kea. The team focused the instrument on Pluto and Charon and took a series of images, which were then used to get the clearest picture yet of the pair taken from Earth.
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September 27, 2012 - West Hawaii Today
Gemini’s North telescope played a role in refining information about former planet Pluto and its companion Charon.
In the process, astronomers continued to improve their abilities to identify Earth-sized objects, Gemini spokesman Peter Michaud said.
“We’re refining our ability to detect smaller and smaller objects,” Michaud said. “That’s exciting.”
Steve Howell of the NASA Ames Research Center and his team temporarily installed a Differential Speckle Survey Instrument on the Gemini telescope on Mauna Kea. The team focused the instrument on Pluto and Charon and took a series of images, which were then used to get the clearest picture yet of the pair taken from Earth.
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