Just standing on the edge of the cosmic ocean. Fourth year physics major and math minor. Always happy to help with questions.
NGC 3324 by Ted Dobosz
Via Flickr:
A 13 hour image with sub exposures of 60 minutes. Taken in H-Alpha spectrum (7nm) using STL6303E camera and GSO RC10. The object is more commonly known as the Gabriela Mistral nebula because the profile resembles the Nobel Prize winning Chilean poet, Gabriela Mistral. You must rotate the image 90 dgrees anti clockwise to see the effect.
This is the Tadpole Galaxy in all its glory. It’s located 420 million light years away from Earth in the direction of the constellation Draco. It’s most prominent feature and it’s claim to fame is its tail that stretches 280,000 light years long. It was caused when a smaller galaxy passed by. Just like an actual tadpole, it will loose its tail as it gets older.
