Rasputyvayushayasya galaktika NGC 3169
22.05.2024 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya

Kazhetsya, chto spiral'naya galaktika NGC 3169 rasputyvaet svoi rukava, kak klubok kosmicheskoi pryazhi. Eto proishodit na rasstoyanii v 70 millionov svetovyh let ot nas, yuzhnee yarkoi zvezdy Regul, v tusklom sozvezdii Sekstant. Zakruchennye spiral'nye rukava NGC 3169 (sleva) iskazheny prilivnym gravitacionnym vzaimodeistviem s ee sosedkoi – galaktikoi NGC 3166.