Isibonakude se-orbital "Hubble" (NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope) sadlulisela eMhlabeni esinye isithombe sobukhulu boMkhathi: kulokhu kwathathwa umthala obhalwe ngekhodi othi NGC 3384.
Ukwakheka okuqanjwe igama kutholakala ebangeni elilinganiselwa ku-35 million light years ukusuka kithi. Into itholakala kumlaza Leo - lena umlaza zodiacal enyakatho nenkabazwe yesibhakabhaka, elele phakathi Cancer kanye Virgo.
I-NGC 3384 ingumthala oyi-elliptical. Izakhiwo zalolu hlobo zakhiwe ngeziqhwaga ezibomvu neziphuzi, izimfishane ezibomvu neziphuzi kanye nenani lezinkanyezi ezinokukhanya okungaphakeme kakhulu.
Isithombe esiveziwe sibonisa ngokusobala ukwakheka kwe-NGC 3384. Umthala unomumo ozwakalayo obude. Kulokhu, ukukhanya kuncipha kusuka phakathi nendawo kuya emaphethelweni.
Ake sengeze ngokuthi umthala i-NGC 3384 watholwa isazi sezinkanyezi esidumile saseBrithani esidabuka eJalimane, uWilliam Herschel, emuva ngo-1784.
Source: 3dnews.ru