AI overview
33 Polyhymnia is an asteroid located in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. It is one of many rocky bodies that comprise the solar system's asteroid population.
AI-generated from the Wikipedia summary — may contain errors.
Picture of the Day · NASA
NGC 3660 and Burçin's Galaxy
2026-05-26
The upper galaxy might be more photogenic, but the lower galaxy is more unusual. The galaxy up top is NGC 3660, a spiral galaxy similar to our own Milky Way galaxy in that it has several bright blue spiral arms and a central bar of stars, dust, and gas. Captured by chance in the featured deep and colorful image, surprisingly, is SN 2026cff, a supernova found just to the right of the central bar. Farther in the distance is the bottom galaxy, known informally as Burçin’s galaxy, but formally cataloged as LEDA 1000714. The center of this galaxy appears to be an old elliptical galaxy, but it is strangely surrounded by not one but two rings of stars. What created Burçin's galaxy is a mystery and remains a continuing topic of research, but it likely involves the accretion of one or more smaller galaxies.
via NASA APOD
Key facts
- Discovered by
- J. Chacornac
- Discovery date
- 28 October 1854
- Pronunciation
- / p ɒ l i ˈ h ɪ m n i ə /
- Named after
- Polyhymnia
- Alternative designations
- A887 HA; 1938 FE;, 1953 AK; 1957 YL;, 1963 DG; 1976 YT 7
Article
33 Polyhymnia is a main belt asteroid that was discovered by French astronomer Jean Chacornac on 28 October 1854 and named after Polyhymnia, the Greek Muse of sacred hymns.
Rotation