NGC4039: rozhdenie zvezd i smert' galaktiki
6.05.1997 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya

Obrazuyutsya li zvezdnye skopleniya, kogda galaktiki stalkivayutsya? Vpolne vozmozhno. Eto podtverzhdaetsya nablyudeniyami kosmicheskogo teleskopa im. Habbla galaktik Antenny, dvuh galaktik, kotorye nahodyatsya na rannei stadii stolknoveniya. Galaktiki NGC 4038 i NGC 4039 medlenno slivayutsya. Gravitaciya kazhdoi galaktiki rastyagivaet druguyu na chasti, gigantskie gazovye oblaka stalkivayutsya, poyavlyayutsya novye yarkie zvezdy i rasseivaetsya temnaya pyl'.