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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.
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(9766) Bradbury ist ein Asteroid des inneren Hauptgürtels, der am 24. Februar 1992 im Rahmen des Spacewatch-Projektes der University of Arizona am Kitt-Peak-Nationalobservatorium (IAU-Code 691) entdeckt wurde. Unbestätigte Sichtungen des Asteroiden hatte es schon im Mai 1981 am Palomar-Observatorium in Kalifornien (1981 JX4) sowie am 17. März 1988 am Karl-Schwarzschild-Observatorium im Tautenburger Wald (1988 FK1) gegeben. (9766) Bradbury wurde am 11. November 2000 nach dem US-amerikanischen Schriftsteller Ray Bradbury benannt.
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