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Magnetic monster NGC 1275

This stunning image of NGC 1275 was taken using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s Advanced Camera for Surveys in July and August 2006. It provides amazing detail and resolution of the fragile filamentary structures, which show up as a reddish lacy structure surrounding the central bright galaxy NGC 1275. These filaments are cool despite being surrounded by gas that is around 55 million degrees Celsius hot. They are suspended in a magnetic field which maintains their structure and demonstrates how energy from the central black hole is transferred to the surrounding gas.

By observing the filamentary structure, astronomers were, for the first time, able to estimate the magnetic field’s strength. Using this information they demonstrated how the extragalactic magnetic fields have maintained the structure of the filaments against collapse caused by either gravitational forces or the violence of the surrounding cluster during their 100-million-year lifetime.

This is the first time astronomers have been able to differentiate the individual threads making up such filaments to this degree. Astonishingly, they distinguished threads a mere 200 light-years across. By contrast, the filaments seen here can be a gaping 200 000 light-years long. The entire image is approximately 260 000 light-years across.

Also seen in the image are impressive lanes of dust from a separate spiral galaxy. It  lies partly in front of the giant elliptical central cluster galaxy and has been completed disrupted by the tidal gravitational forces within the galaxy cluster. Several striking filaments of blue newborn stars are seen crossing the image.

Credit:

NASA, ESA and Andy Fabian (University of Cambridge, UK)

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Mystery term of the day: GNC

Meaning: gender-nonconforming, [adj.]

A very basic, neutral and loose descriptive term. Describes someone who doesn't conform to gender roles and stereotypes associated with their sex in either looks or behavior or both. Simply put, masculine women and feminine men.

It's a generic term that can be used for anyone without implying gender or sexual orientation unlike terms such as butch or transgender, even though butch is a type of a gender-nonconforming woman. So butch women are gnc, but not all gnc women are butches. Being gender-nonconforming doesn't equal dysphoria or transness either.

Because gender roles are so rigid and narrow, virtually everyone is at least somewhat gender-nonconforming, but the term is often actually used by people who experince conflict or regularly stand out. Your regular straight guy who's shy and doesn't like sports is technically gnc, but most likely it doesn't define his experience strongly enough to warrant the term.

Preferring gnc looks and behavior from a young age is a very common gay experience. Think of your tomboys and sensitive boys who are mostly friends with girls, they often grow up to be gay. But anyone can be gnc, many straight people noticably are, and it doesn't make them less so.

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