Spiral Galaxy V Clumpy Galaxy (IMAGE)

International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research

Spiral Galaxy V Clumpy Galaxy

Caption

Regular spiral galaxies, such as the 'whirlpool galaxy' on the left, form far fewer stars than the clumpy galaxy on the right. The blue regions have the least star-forming gas and red-yellow regions have the most.

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Dr Danail Obreschkow, ICRAR. Image uses data from the Hubble Space Telescope.

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