ESO 137-001 explained

ESO 137-001
Constellation Name:	Triangulum Australe^[1]
Epoch:	J2000^[2]
Dist Ly:	220 million ly
Size V:	1.23′ × 0.55′
Type:	SBc
Size:	100,000 ly
Notes:	Trail of gas
Names:	ESO 137-001, ESO 137-1, ESO-LV 137-0010, LEDA 57532, PGC 57532

ESO 137-001, also known as the Jellyfish Galaxy, is a barred spiral galaxy^[2] located in the constellation Triangulum Australe and in the cluster Abell 3627.^[3] As the galaxy moves to the center of the cluster at 1900 km/s,^[4] it is stripped by hot gas, thus creating a 260,000 light-year long tail.^[3] This is called ram pressure stripping.^[5] The intergalactic gas in Abell 3627 is at 100 million Kelvin, which causes star formation in the tails.^{[5] [3]}

History

The galaxy was discovered by Ming Sun in 2005.^[6]

Galaxy's fate

The stripping of gas is thought to have a significant effect on the galaxy's development, removing cold gas from the galaxy, shutting down the formation of new stars in the galaxy, and changing the appearance of inner spiral arms and bulges because of the effects of star formation.^{[7] [8]}

See also

• Abell 3627
• List of galaxies
• Jellyfish galaxy

External links

• NASA gallery: ESO 137-001
• Cornell University: The Flying Spaghetti Monster: Impact of magnetic fields on ram pressure stripping in disk galaxies

Notes and References

1. Web site: WikiSky . PGC 57532 . 27 October 2010.
2. Web site: . ESO 137-1 . 27 October 2010.
3. Web site: Galaxy Cluster Has Two 'Tails' to Tell . . 27 October 2010.
4. Web site: APOD Stripping ESO 137-001 . 22 November 2018.
5. Web site: Chandra.Harvard . 22 November 2018.
6. Web site: UAH professor watching galaxy he discovered collide with cluster. 10 November 2014 . 25 July 2016.
7. Web site: 2019-04-17 . A “Jellyfish” Galaxy Swims Into View of NASA’s Upcoming Webb Telescope - NASA . 2024-08-15 . en-US.
8. Kapferer . W. . Sluka . C. . Schindler . S. . Ferrari . C. . Ziegler . B. . 2009-05-01 . The effect of ram pressure on the star formation, mass distribution and morphology of galaxies . Astronomy & Astrophysics . en . 499 . 1 . 87–102 . 10.1051/0004-6361/200811551 . 0004-6361. 0903.3818 .