islamabad\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0–\u00a0 This NASA\/ESA Hubble Space Telescope Picture of the Week features NGC4826 \u2014 a spiral galaxy located 17 million light-years away in the constellation of Coma Berenices (Berenice\u2019s Hair).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This galaxy is often referred to as the \u201cBlack Eye,\u201d or \u201cEvil Eye,\u201d galaxy because of the dark band of dust that sweeps across one side of its bright nucleus. NGC4826 is known by astronomers for its strange internal motion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The gas in the outer regions of this galaxy and the gas in its inner regions are rotating in opposite directions, which might be related to a recent merger. New stars are forming in the region where the counter rotating gases collide. This galaxy was first discovered in 1779 by the English astronomer Edward Pigott.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
islamabad\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0–\u00a0 This NASA\/ESA Hubble Space Telescope Picture of the Week features NGC4826 \u2014 a spiral galaxy located 17 million light-years away in the constellation of Coma Berenices (Berenice\u2019s Hair).\u00a0 This galaxy is often referred to as the \u201cBlack Eye,\u201d or \u201cEvil Eye,\u201d galaxy because of […]<\/p>\n
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