Hubblecast 72: Clues to a cosmic crime
The newest episode of the Hubblecast showcases striking new observations of a spiral galaxy moving through the heart of a galaxy cluster named Abell 3627. This cluster is violently ripping the spiral’s entrails out into space, leaving bright blue streaks as telltale clues to this cosmic crime.
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Credit:ESA/Hubble
Directed by: Nicola Guttridge
Visual design and editing: Martin Kornmesser
Written by: Nicola Guttridge/Georgia Bladon & Nikita Marwaha
Presented by: Joe Liske (Dr J)
Narration: Sara Mendes da Costa
Images: NASA, ESA
- New image of ESO 137-001: NASA, ESA; acknowledgements: Ming Sun (UAH), and Serge Meunier
- Hubble-Chandra composite image: NASA, ESA, CXC
- Stephan’s Quintet: NASA, ESA and the Hubble SM4 ERO Team
- I Zwicky 18: NASA, ESA, and A. Aloisi (European Space Agency and Space Telescope Science Institute)
- Messier 106: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), and R. Gendler (for the Hubble Heritage Team). Acknowledgement: J. GaBany
- The “Comet galaxy”: NASA, ESA, Jean-Paul Kneib (Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille)
- NGC 4522/NGC 4402: NASA, ESA
Animations: NASA, ESA, M. Kornmesser and L. Calçada
Music: Steve Buick
Web and technical support: Mathias Andre and Raquel Yumi Shida
Cinematography: Peter Rixner (perix-media-gmbh.de)
Executive producer: Lars Lindberg Christensen
About the Video
| Id: | heic1404a |
| Release date: | 4 March 2014, 17:00 |
| Related releases: | heic1404 |
| Related announcements: | ann1404 |
| Duration: | 05 m 39 s |
| Frame rate: | 30 fps |
About the Object
| Name: | ESO 137-001, Norma cluster |
| Type: | Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Interacting Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Spiral |
| Category: | Galaxies HD Hubblecast |
