The Subaru data reveal the presence of a surrounding large scale structure with the major axis running approximately north - west south - east (NW - SE), aligned with the cluster and
its brightest galaxy shapes, showing elongation with a \ sim 2:1 axis ratio in the plane of the sky.
Not exact matches
This visible - light image taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope reveals a pancake -
shaped disk of gas around an extremely
bright star in our Milky Way
galaxy.
The astronomers had expected to find a number of ancient
galaxies known as ellipticals, but instead discovered that, out of the 800,000 sample
galaxies included in the study, 53 of the
brightest examples were in fact spiral -
shaped.
With stardust in her eyes and an orbit that shines
bright, the Out Of This World series is inspired by the
galaxy and its
shapes.