Isithombe esihle kakhulu somthala ovunguzayo oqokwe i-NGC 2903 sishicilelwe kuwebhusayithi ye-Hubble Space Telescope.
Lesi sakhiwo se-cosmic satholwa emuva ngo-1784 isazi sezinkanyezi esidumile saseBrithani saseJalimane, uWilliam Herschel. Umthala oqanjwe igama utholakala ebangeni elingaba iminyaka yokukhanya eyizigidi ezingama-30 ukusuka kithi kumlaza i-Leo.
I-NGC 2903 ingumthala ozungezayo ovinjiwe. Ezintweni ezinjalo, izingalo ezizungezayo ziqala ekugcineni komugqa, kanti emithalani evamile ezungezayo zisuka ngqo emnyombweni.
Isithombe esiveziwe sibonisa ngokusobala ukwakheka komthala i-NGC 2903. Isici sento izinga eliphezulu lokwakheka kwezinkanyezi endaweni eyindilinga. Amagatsha avunguzayo abonakala ngokucacile esithombeni.
Ake sengeze ngokuthi ngolunye usuku uHubble wagubha iminyaka engama-29 emkhathini. Idivayisi yethulwa ngo-Ephreli 24, 1990 phakathi kwe-Discovery shuttle STS-31. Eminyakeni ecishe ibe ngamashumi amathathu yenkonzo, i-orbital observatory yadlulisela emhlabeni inani elikhulu lezithombe ezinhle ze-Universe kanye nolwazi oluningi lwesayensi.
Source: 3dnews.ru