NGC 1087 is a barred spiral galaxy located about 80 million light years from Earth in
NGC 1087 has a very small core and a very short bar. At the same time, active new star formation occurs in the junction region.
“The ominous red hue is clouds of cold molecular gas, the raw material from which stars are formed,” the EKO notes.
Image: ESO/ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/PHANGS
To create this image, the researcherscombined images from the ALMA radio telescope complex in Atacama and the EKO Very Large Telescope (VLT) located on Mount Cerro Paranal in Chile. Using ALMA, the researchers imaged clouds of molecular gas (red glow), while the VLT took pictures of clusters of old, formed stars (bluish areas in the background).
Analysis of images obtained on variouswavelengths, helps researchers study the internal physical properties of stars, gas and dust in the galaxy, the EKO report notes. By comparing and analyzing the results, astrophysicists better understand the processes of star formation.
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