{"id":340370,"date":"2026-03-21T06:57:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T06:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/340370\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T06:57:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T06:57:07","slug":"ngc-1300-and-ngc-1297","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/340370\/","title":{"rendered":"NGC 1300 and NGC 1297"},"content":{"rendered":"

APOD: 2026 March 21 \u2013 Galaxies in the River: NGC 1300 and NGC 1297<\/p>\n

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Galaxies in the River: NGC 1300 and NGC 1297
Image Credit &
\nCopyright<\/a>: <\/p>\n

Dietmar Hager<\/a>,
\nEric Benson<\/a><\/p>\n

Explanation: <\/p>\n

Spiral NGC 1300 and elliptical NGC 1297 are galaxies that
\nlie on the banks of the southern constellation
\nEridanus (The River)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

At 70 million light-years distant or more,
\nboth are members of the
\nEridanus Galaxy Cluster<\/a>.<\/p>\n

About 100,000 light-years across, at lower left in this sharp,
\ngalaxy group photo
\nNGC 1300 is seen face-on<\/a>
\nwith a prominent central bar and grand, sweeping spiral arms.<\/p>\n

Like other
\nspiral galaxies<\/a>,
\nincluding our own barred spiral Milky Way Galaxy, NGC 1300 is
\nthought to have a supermassive central black hole.<\/p>\n

A contrast in appearance and slightly more distant, NGC 1297 is
\nthe roughly spherical large
\nelliptical galaxy near the top of the frame.<\/p>\n

With little active star formation,
\nelliptical galaxies<\/a>
\nare composed of older populations of stars and are likely
\nhe result of multiple
\ncollisions and mergers<\/a> with spirals.<\/p>\n

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