AEGIS 1 1 Select other wavelengths below for panchromatic views of the AEGIS survey.   AEGIS is an international collaboration which involves nearly 100 scientists from 16 institutions in Europe, North America, and Asia. Using some of the world's most powerful telescopes, these astronomers have observed an area of the sky known as the Extended Groth Strip (EGS) in wavelengths ranging from X-rays through ultraviolet and visible light, down to infrared and radio wavelengths. Ultimately, the goal is to understand how galaxies and large-scale structures form and evolve from early times into the universe we see around us today.   Find out more at our website... ]]> #aegis_icon 0 X-ray image (Chandra) 53.63997707205345 51.83580030580537 36.02528684527923 33.29966335174973 0 -1 http://morta.ucolick.org/aegis/google_sky/tiles_chandra_links/tile_0_0_3943_4351.kml 0 Ultraviolet image (GALEX) 53.58146672479125 51.86771440946627 36.33861981897843 33.46540222912861 0 -1 http://morta.ucolick.org/aegis/google_sky/tiles_galex_links/tile_0_0_4095_4095.kml 0 Infrared image (Spitzer-IRAC) 53.75693950293048 51.80930843348574 36.20257858665531 33.38832957449713 0 -1 http://morta.ucolick.org/aegis/google_sky/tiles_irac_links/tile_0_0_12031_9305.kml 0 0 DEEP2 Galaxy Redshift Catalog Check box and zoom in to see target objects #aegis_icon 53.479151 51.928013 35.64822 33.47316 350 -1 http://morta.ucolick.org/aegis/google_sky/deep2aegis.kmz onRegion Galaxies and Black Holes 1 0 Barred Spiral Galaxy 1     This galaxy is an example of a spiral galaxy with a central red "bar" feature. Both the bar and the spiral pattern are due to gravitational effects in the rotating disk of the galaxy.   Read more... ]]> #aegis_icon 35.230500, 53.1573611, 0 Spiral vs. Elliptical Galaxies 1     To the lower left is a galaxy with a beautiful spiral pattern punctuated by clumps of young blue stars, while the "elliptical galaxy" toward the upper right is smooth and red. Why are they so different?   Read more... ]]> #aegis_icon 35.031708, 53.081186, 0 Interacting Galaxies 1     This group of galaxies is bound together by gravity and some of them are beginning to "interact". This pulls spiral arms out into long plumes as a prelude to their final crash together and coalescence.   Read more... ]]> #aegis_icon 34.873750, 52.86443611, 0 Galaxy Cannibalism 1     The asymmetrical shape of this galaxy indicates that it has recently shredded and eaten another galaxy, adding the accreted stars to its halo.   Read more... ]]> #aegis_icon 34.5245417, 52.69749167, 0 Remnant of a Galaxy Merger 1     This chaotic-looking galaxy is the result of a collision between two galaxies which have merged into one. A billion years further on, this galaxy will most likely settle down to look like a typical elliptical galaxy.   Read more... ]]> #aegis_icon 34.7818333, 52.829581, 0 Luminous Massive Black Hole     This galaxy is likely in the end stages of a merger event. Now gas driven to the center by the merger is swallowed up by a massive black hole and shines 10 trillion times more brightly than the Sun.   Read more... ]]> #aegis_icon 34.424625,52.4735444,0 High Redshift Quasar     This object looks like a faint foreground star, but is in fact an ultra-luminous accreting black hole at high redshift. The most distant object identified in AEGIS, its light has taken almost 12 billion years to reach us.   Read more... ]]> #aegis_icon 35.160800, 53.09942,0 Gravitational Lens: the "Cross"     A massive red foreground galaxy bends the light of a more distant blue galaxy behind it, creating the four points of an "Einstein Cross".   Read more... ]]> #aegis_icon 34.3979166, 52.44615833, 0 Gravitational Lens: the "Anchor"     A massive red foreground galaxy bends the light of a more distant blue galaxy behind it into arcs. The gravitational lensing effect can be used to weigh the foreground galaxy.   Read more... ]]> #aegis_icon 34.63970833, 52.7318611pwd ,0 Gravitational Lens: the "Dewdrop"     A massive red foreground galaxy bends the light of a more distant blue galaxy behind it, creating a set of arcs that trace out a double "Einstein ring".   Read more... ]]> #aegis_icon 34.5871666, 52.60389722, 0 normal #sn_ylw-pushpin highlight #sh_ylw-pushpin AEGIS Outline 34.85702608293671 52.86257546357304 0 254780.2747848087 0 0.01434141593843905 relativeToGround #msn_ylw-pushpin 1 35.27240512067844,54.08678814805378,0 32.72282514549244,52.26010505438106,0 34.41723487929271,51.38453605970116,0 37.00852684239175,53.19355152870881,0 35.27240512067844,54.08678814805378,0 AEGIS banner 1 0 http://morta.ucolick.org/aegis/images/aegis_banner_small.jpg