Ke hoʻomau nei ka US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) i ka hoʻopuka ʻana i nā kiʻi kupanaha mai ka NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.
ʻO ke kiʻi hou aʻe e hōʻike ana i ka mea Messier 90. ʻO kēia ka galaxy spiral i loko o ka constellation Virgo, aia ma kahi o 60 miliona mau makahiki māmā mai o mākou.
Hōʻike maopopo ʻia ke kiʻi i paʻi ʻia i ke ʻano o Messier 90 - ke kikowaena waena a me nā lima lima. Hōʻike ka nānā ʻana e hoʻokokoke mai ana ka galaxy i kapa ʻia iā mākou, ʻaʻole e neʻe aku mai ka Milky Way.
He hiʻohiʻona ʻokoʻa ka kiʻi i hōʻike ʻia - he ʻāpana hehi ma ka ʻaoʻao hema hema. Ua wehewehe ʻia ka hele ʻana o kēia kikoʻī e nā hiʻohiʻona hana o ka Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2), i hoʻohana ʻia e kiʻi i ke kiʻi.
ʻO ka mea ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo ka mea hana WFPC2, i hoʻohana ʻia e Hubble mai 1994 a 2010, loaʻa i ʻehā mau mea ʻike, ʻo kekahi o ia i hāʻawi i ka hoʻonui nui ma mua o nā ʻekolu ʻē aʻe. No laila, i ka hoʻohui ʻana i ka ʻikepili, koi ʻia nā hoʻoponopono, i alakaʻi ʻia i ke ʻano o kahi "staircase" i nā kiʻi.
Source: 3dnews.ru