Artist's impression of ram pressure stripping
This artist's illustration shows a spiral galaxy falling into a galaxy cluster. The galaxy is undergoing a process known as ram pressure stripping, where streaks of bright gas are being dragged out into space by the diffuse hot gas that it is moving through..
Credit:About the Video
| Id: | eso1725c |
| Release date: | 16 August 2017, 19:00 |
| Related releases: | eso1725 |
| Duration: | 23 s |
| Frame rate: | 30 fps |
About the Object
| Name: | ESO 137-001, Norma Cluster |
| Type: | Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Spiral Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Interacting |
| Category: | Galaxies |
