Portrait of the Galaxy is a snapshot from a 3d rendering of a galaxy that displays the complex structure of the gas component of the simulation. This gas component is difficult to observe in real telescopes but with visualizations and simulations like these we can begin to understand how to probe the invisible part of the universe. This gas reservoir is what will eventually go on to become the visible stars, and by looking at the shadows the gas casts from the starlight of the surrounding galaxy we can understand its structure and composition. This visualization in particular highlights the smoothness of the background stars to the clumpiness of the gas they formed from.

Last modified

• 06/04/2018

Creator

• Alex Gurvich

DOI

• https://doi.org/10.21985/N24998

Subject

• Physics & Astronomy

Keyword

• crd18

Date created

• 2018-04-10

Resource type

• Image

Rights statement

• In Copyright