FallRelation Galaxies Mosaic (IMAGE)

International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research

FallRelation Galaxies Mosaic

Caption

Some of the 564 galaxies observed by the Arecibo telescope used to refine the Fall relation—the relationship between the mass of stars in a galaxy and the rotation of the galaxy. Credit: Jennifer Hardwick, ICRAR-UWA / GALEX Arecibo SDSS Survey (GASS) / DESI Legacy Imaging Survey

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Credit: ICRAR

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