This page describes an image NGC 5264 - An irregular island
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The dwarf irregular galaxy NGC 5264 is located 15 million light years away. It is only about 11,000 light years across, much smaller than our Milky Way, and consists of approximately a billion stars. It lacks the spiral structure of our home Galaxy. The small blue patches in NGC 5264 mark groups of young hot blue stars. This suggests that stars formation in this galaxy is still on-going.
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Image credit: ESA/Hubble and NASA Credit Link
Related glossary terms:
Dwarf Galaxy
, Irregular Galaxy
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Galaxies
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Image caption: Die irreguläre Zwerggalaxie NGC 5264 liegt rund 15 Millionen Lichtjahre von uns entfernt. Mit einem Durchmesser von nur etwa 11.000 Lichtjahren ist sie deutlich kleiner als unsere Milchstraße und beherbergt schätzungsweise eine Milliarde Sterne. Im Gegensatz zu unserer Heimatgalaxie weist NGC 5264 keine Spiralstruktur auf. Auffällige blaue Flecken markieren Ansammlungen junger, heißer Sterne – ein Hinweis darauf, dass in dieser Galaxie noch immer aktive Sternentstehung stattfindet.
Image credit: ESA/Hubble und NASA
Related glossary terms: Irreguläre Galaxie , Zwerggalaxie Caption translation status: Not yet approved by a reviewer
Caption translators: Simon Kraus
Image caption: La galassia nana irregolare NGC 5264 si trova a 15 milioni di anni luce di distanza. Ha un diametro di soli 11.000 anni luce, é molto più piccola della nostra Via Lattea, ed è composta da circa un miliardo di stelle. Non ha la struttura a spirale della nostra Galassia. Le piccole macchie blu in NGC 5264 indicano gruppi di giovani stelle blu calde. Ciò suggerisce che la formazione di stelle in questa galassia è ancora in corso.
Image credit: ESA/Hubble e NASA
Related glossary terms: Galassia irregolare , Galassia nana Caption translation status: Not yet approved by a reviewer
Caption translators: Giuliana Giobbi
