Extending over 100,000 light-years across, the galaxy dubbed Hoags Object is slightly bigger than our own house galaxy, the Milky Way.
The blue ring is controlled by clusters of young, huge stars, while the yellow nucleus includes mostly older stars. In this sonification, a clockwise radar scan transforms information in the image into sound. Brilliant light is represented with louder volume, and light farther from the center is higher-pitched.
Credit: NASA Goddard, Sonification credits: SYSTEM Sounds (M. Russo, A. Santaguida).
Extending over 100,000 light-years throughout, the galaxy dubbed Hoags Object is somewhat larger than our own house galaxy, the Milky Way. The blue ring is controlled by clusters of young, huge stars, while the yellow nucleus consists of primarily older stars. In this sonification, a clockwise radar scan transforms data in the image into sound. Brilliant light is represented with louder volume, and light farther from the center is higher-pitched.
By NASA
May 14, 2022