'Crown of Thorns' Galaxy Photographed in Space

FOX News ^ | April 8, 2009

[NYer]

An unusual large galaxy with a shape bordering between spiral and elliptical has been spotted by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. NGC 7049 sits in the southern constellation Indus, and is the brightest of a cluster of galaxies, a so-called Brightest Cluster Galaxy (BCG). Typical BCGs are some of the oldest and most massive galaxies, which provide excellent opportunities for astronomers to study the elusive globular clusters lurking within.

The halo, a ghostly region of diffuse light surrounding the galaxy, is composed of myriads of individual stars and provides a luminous background to the swirling ring of dust lanes surrounding NGC 7049's core.

Small faint points of light sprinkled throughout the galaxy represent globular clusters, which are gravitational groupings of several hundreds of thousands of stars. They contain some of the first stars to be produced in a galaxy.

NGC 7049 has far fewer such clusters than other similar giant galaxies in very big, rich groups. This indicates to astronomers how the surrounding environment influenced the formation of galaxy halos in the early universe.

Hubble captured this image using its Advanced Camera for Surveys, which is primed to hunt galaxies and galaxy clusters in the remote and ancient universe. The space telescope recently imaged a group of colliding galaxies chosen in an online voting contest.

[NYer]

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[EyeGuy]

Just in time for Holy Week.

[infidel29]

Great pic! That’s another keeper... for what, I don’t know, but I’m saving it none the less

[freedumb2003]

When God speaks, He doesn’t mess around, does He?

How spectacular!

[Bahbah]

How beautiful, and how timely.

[Grumpybutt]

Hmmm, the hand the other day, now the crown of thorns... Maybe somebody up there is trying to get our attention??? He’s got mine.

[Captain Beyond]

bump

[TaraP]

Amen...

GOD is giving us every sign he can that JESUS is LORD

That all should repent and have everlasting life....

[Shelayne]

I missed the hand.

He has my attention as well. Completely.

[AirForceMom]

Just beautiful. Thank you for posting it!

[NYer]

the hand the other day, now the crown of thorns ...

For the benefit of those who may have missed it.

Blue: Energy emanating from the nebula around the dying star PSR B1509-58. Red: A neighboring gas cloud called RCW 89

[philly-d-kidder]

Amen... GOD has a sense of Humor when scientist think they are the Ultimate purveyors of TRUTH!! haha

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

Ya like that pic? Go here, and be amazed!
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html
I get my desktop pics from that site.

[Bobalu]

So beautiful!
Please keep these great images coming my FRiend :-)

[NYer]

I missed the hand.

Bump to post #12.

[Winstons Julia]

Me too!

[fatima]

Wow.

[Centurion2000]

bump

[rintense]

First, the Eye of God photo, then the hand of God photo, and now this...

There is no doubt God is trying to tell us something.

[MyTwoCopperCoins]

Yeah, except that what we see today as those space images, is just light from those bodies, from millions of years ago.

[TheBattman]

Cool picture!!!

[rintense]

Everything happens for a reason.

[Cap'n Crunch]

Wow. Just, Wow!

[Ann Archy]

What hand????

[Ann Archy]

OMG! Message received!!!

[Ann Archy]

uh, never mind!!

[onedoug]

There is no doubt God is trying to tell us something.

As in the creation of the universe itself.

[Sans-Culotte]

So, what is the “Eye of God” photo?

[GulfWar1Vet]

http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_eye_of_god.htm

[LadyPilgrim]

Hummmm......interesting photo.....thanks.

[Sans-Culotte]

Thanks!

[mombonn]

Thank you - absolutely breathtaking!

[Las Vegas Dave]

Pinging......

[Shelayne]

Thank you! That is really cool.

[jwparkerjr]

Reminds me of the story about the time an international gathering of scientists decided they knew everything and no longer needed God. They sent one of their group to a mountain top to tell God that they had solved all of life’s mysteries and He was no longer necessary. The Lord took it well and challenged the scientist to a contest, winner take all. He suggested they each make a man, and told the scientist to go first. The scientist reached down and picked up a hand full of dirt, but God told him, “Oh no, get your own dirt!”

[SunkenCiv]

Pretty!

[Talisker]

The scientist reached down and picked up a hand full of dirt, but God told him, “Oh no, get your own dirt!”

::: grin :::

[Lancey Howard]

(( ping ))

[Professional Engineer]

ping

[DirtyHarryY2K]

So, what is the “Eye of God” photo?

[NYer]

Outstanding! Thank you for posting that :-)

[Gideon7]

The Sombrero Galaxy also has a pretty good smoke ring.

[SuperLuminal]

bttt

[JavaJumpy]

Bookmarked / thanks for thread!

[jwparkerjr]

One of my favorite stories ever!

[Norman Bates]

Ping

[Peanut Gallery]

That is beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

[444Flyer]

Ping. This pic is really amazing.

Acts 2:19 (NKJV):

“I will show wonders in heaven above
And signs in the earth beneath...”

Numbers 24:17:

“I see Him, but not now;
I behold Him, but not near:
A Star shall come out of Jacob;
A Scepter shall rise out of Israel,
And batter the brow of Moab,
And destroy all the sons of tumult.”

Revelation 22:16:

“I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you these things in the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the Bright and Morning Star.”

John 1:5:

“And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.”

[rdl6989]

That sends a chill down my spine.