{"id":35979,"date":"2022-09-01T08:34:59","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T08:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skyatnightmagazine.com\/?p=111635"},"modified":"2022-09-01T08:47:10","modified_gmt":"2022-09-01T08:47:10","slug":"webb-telescope-captures-face-on-view-of-the-phantom-galaxy","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/rss_feed\/webb-telescope-captures-face-on-view-of-the-phantom-galaxy\/","title":{"rendered":"Webb Telescope captures face-on view of the Phantom Galaxy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Iain Todd\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Thursday, 01 September 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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This is the latest image from the James Webb Space Telescope: a jaw-dropping capture of the spiral galaxy known as the Phantom Galaxy, or M74 (part of the famous Messier Catalogue<\/a> of deep-sky objects).<\/p>\n

This face-on spiral galaxy<\/a> is located 32 million lightyears away, and its position relative to Earth means the Webb Telescope has been able to get a full view of its spiral arms and filaments of cosmic gas and dust.<\/p>\n

Indeed, the Phantom Galaxy\u2019s arms are crisp and well-defined, leading it to be defined as a \u2018grand design spiral\u2019.<\/p>\n

See more of the James Webb Space Telescope\u2019s images<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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A Webb \/ Hubble combined view of the Phantom Galaxy, M74, in optical . infrared. Credit: ESA\/Webb, NASA & CSA, J. Lee and the PHANGS-JWST Team; ESA\/Hubble & NASA, R. Chandar \/ Acknowledgement: J. Schmidt<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

The Webb Telescope observed the Phantom Galaxy with its Mid-InraRed Instrument (MIRI), which views in infrared<\/a> and thus gives astronomers the ability to peer deeper into the galaxy, seeing features that would be obscured when observing in optical light.<\/p>\n

The data was processed by citizen scientist Judy Schmidt.<\/p>\n

Views like this are set to be a regular feature of the James Webb Space Telescope\u2019s output over the coming decades, and will help astrophysicists learn more about the structure and evolution of galaxies.<\/p>\n

It will also reveal many of the secrets of star formation<\/a>, and the role that star formation plays over the lifetime of these colossal cosmic structures.<\/p>\n

It could also help with ongoing research into whether galaxies\u2019 central supermassive black holes are halting star formation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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A series of images comparing Hubble and Webb views of the Phantom Galaxy, M74. Credit: ESA\/Webb, NASA & CSA, J. Lee and the PHANGS-JWST Team. Acknowledgement: J. Schmidt<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

This observation of M74 is part of an overarching project by the PHANGS<\/a> collaboration that\u2019s studying 19 star-forming galaxies in infrared.<\/p>\n

The project is complementing existing observations by the Hubble Space Telescope<\/a> and ground-based observatories.<\/p>\n

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