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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/NASA%27s_Hubble_Finds_Life_is_Too_Fast%2C_Too_Furious_for_This_Runaway_Galaxy_%2812952512944%29.jpg/330px-NASA%27s_Hubble_Finds_Life_is_Too_Fast%2C_Too_Furious_for_This_Runaway_Galaxy_%2812952512944%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/NASA%27s_Hubble_Finds_Life_is_Too_Fast%2C_Too_Furious_for_This_Runaway_Galaxy_%2812952512944%29.jpg/440px-NASA%27s_Hubble_Finds_Life_is_Too_Fast%2C_Too_Furious_for_This_Runaway_Galaxy_%2812952512944%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4910" data-file-height="4887" /></a><figcaption>Ram pressure stripping of gas from a galaxy in <a href="/wiki/ESO_137-001" title="ESO 137-001">ESO 137-001</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>A <b>jellyfish galaxy</b> is a type of <a href="/wiki/Galaxy" title="Galaxy">galaxy</a> found in <a href="/wiki/Galaxy_cluster" title="Galaxy cluster">galaxy clusters</a>. They are characterised by <a href="/wiki/Ram_pressure" title="Ram pressure">ram pressure</a> stripping of gas from the affected galaxy by the <a href="/wiki/Intracluster_medium" title="Intracluster medium">intracluster medium</a>, triggering <a href="/wiki/Starburst_region" title="Starburst region">starbursts</a> along a tail of gas.<sup id="cite_ref-2014ApJ...781L..40E_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2014ApJ...781L..40E-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Jellyfish galaxies have been seen in a number of galaxy clusters including the <a href="/wiki/Hydra_Cluster" title="Hydra Cluster">Hydra Cluster</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Abell_2125&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Abell 2125 (page does not exist)">Abell 2125</a> (<a href="/wiki/Redshift" title="Redshift">redshift</a> z=0.20; ACO 2125 C153);<sup id="cite_ref-phys.org-2014-01-30_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-phys.org-2014-01-30-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2014ApJ...781L..40E_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2014ApJ...781L..40E-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Abell_2667" title="Abell 2667">Abell 2667</a> (z=0.23; G234144−260358);<sup id="cite_ref-phys.org-2014-01-30_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-phys.org-2014-01-30-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2014ApJ...781L..40E_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2014ApJ...781L..40E-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Abell_2744" title="Abell 2744">Abell 2744</a> (z=0.31; ACO 2744 Central Jellyfish;<sup id="cite_ref-2012ApJ...750L..23O_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2012ApJ...750L..23O-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/w/index.php?title=HLS001427%E2%80%9330234&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HLS001427–30234 (page does not exist)">HLS001427–30234</a>/<a href="/w/index.php?title=ACO_2744_F0083&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ACO 2744 F0083 (page does not exist)">ACO 2744 F0083</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-phys.org-2014-01-30_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-phys.org-2014-01-30-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2014ApJ...781L..40E_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2014ApJ...781L..40E-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2012ApJ...750L..23O_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2012ApJ...750L..23O-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2014MNRAS.442..196R_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2014MNRAS.442..196R-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/w/index.php?title=GLX001426%E2%80%9330241&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="GLX001426–30241 (page does not exist)">GLX001426–30241</a> / <a href="/w/index.php?title=ACO_2744_F0237&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ACO 2744 F0237 (page does not exist)">ACO 2744 F0237</a> / <a href="/w/index.php?title=ACO_2733_CN104&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ACO 2733 CN104 (page does not exist)">ACO 2733 CN104</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-2012ApJ...750L..23O_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2012ApJ...750L..23O-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2014MNRAS.442..196R_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2014MNRAS.442..196R-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/w/index.php?title=MIP001417%E2%80%93302303&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="MIP001417–302303 (page does not exist)">MIP001417–302303</a> / <a href="/w/index.php?title=ACO_2744_F1228&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ACO 2744 F1228 (page does not exist)">ACO 2744 F1228</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-2012ApJ...750L..23O_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2012ApJ...750L..23O-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2014MNRAS.442..196R_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2014MNRAS.442..196R-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/w/index.php?title=HLS001428%E2%80%93302334&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HLS001428–302334 (page does not exist)">HLS001428–302334</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-2014MNRAS.442..196R_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2014MNRAS.442..196R-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/w/index.php?title=GLX001354%E2%80%93302212&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="GLX001354–302212 (page does not exist)">GLX001354–302212</a><sup id="cite_ref-2014MNRAS.442..196R_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2014MNRAS.442..196R-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> ). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Examples">Examples</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jellyfish_galaxy&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Examples"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Example_of_a_jellyfish_galaxy_JO204.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Jellyfish galaxy JO204 taken by ESO's MUSE instrument.[5]"><img alt="Jellyfish galaxy JO204 taken by ESO's MUSE instrument.[5]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Example_of_a_jellyfish_galaxy_JO204.jpg/120px-Example_of_a_jellyfish_galaxy_JO204.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="116" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Example_of_a_jellyfish_galaxy_JO204.jpg/180px-Example_of_a_jellyfish_galaxy_JO204.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Example_of_a_jellyfish_galaxy_JO204.jpg/240px-Example_of_a_jellyfish_galaxy_JO204.jpg 2x" data-file-width="662" data-file-height="642" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Jellyfish galaxy <a href="/wiki/PGC_29820" title="PGC 29820">JO204</a> taken by <a href="/wiki/European_Southern_Observatory" title="European Southern Observatory">ESO</a>'s MUSE instrument.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Of_bent_time_and_jellyfish_SDSS_J1110%2B6459.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Jellyfish galaxy in SDSS J1110+6459, visible next to the cluster and apparently dripping bright blue material.[6]"><img alt="Jellyfish galaxy in SDSS J1110+6459, visible next to the cluster and apparently dripping bright blue material.[6]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Of_bent_time_and_jellyfish_SDSS_J1110%2B6459.jpg/120px-Of_bent_time_and_jellyfish_SDSS_J1110%2B6459.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="108" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Of_bent_time_and_jellyfish_SDSS_J1110%2B6459.jpg/180px-Of_bent_time_and_jellyfish_SDSS_J1110%2B6459.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Of_bent_time_and_jellyfish_SDSS_J1110%2B6459.jpg/240px-Of_bent_time_and_jellyfish_SDSS_J1110%2B6459.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3454" data-file-height="3103" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Jellyfish galaxy in SDSS J1110+6459, visible next to the cluster and apparently dripping bright blue material.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Portrait_of_a_galactic_jellyfish_(potw2312a).tiff" class="mw-file-description" title="NASA/ESA Hubble image of galaxy JW100 with streams of star-forming gas dripping from the disc of the galaxy like streaks of fresh paint. These tendrils of bright gas are formed by ram pressure stripping, and their resemblance to dangling tentacles led astronomers to refer it as a ‘jellyfish’ galaxy."><img alt="NASA/ESA Hubble image of galaxy JW100 with streams of star-forming gas dripping from the disc of the galaxy like streaks of fresh paint. These tendrils of bright gas are formed by ram pressure stripping, and their resemblance to dangling tentacles led astronomers to refer it as a ‘jellyfish’ galaxy." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Portrait_of_a_galactic_jellyfish_%28potw2312a%29.tiff/lossy-page1-120px-Portrait_of_a_galactic_jellyfish_%28potw2312a%29.tiff.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Portrait_of_a_galactic_jellyfish_%28potw2312a%29.tiff/lossy-page1-180px-Portrait_of_a_galactic_jellyfish_%28potw2312a%29.tiff.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Portrait_of_a_galactic_jellyfish_%28potw2312a%29.tiff/lossy-page1-240px-Portrait_of_a_galactic_jellyfish_%28potw2312a%29.tiff.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4057" data-file-height="3397" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"> NASA/ESA Hubble image of galaxy <a href="/wiki/IC_5337" title="IC 5337">JW100</a> with streams of star-forming gas dripping from the disc of the galaxy like streaks of fresh paint. These tendrils of bright gas are formed by ram pressure stripping, and their resemblance to dangling tentacles led astronomers to refer it as a ‘jellyfish’ galaxy.</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jellyfish_galaxy&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 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href="/wiki/Interstellar_medium" title="Interstellar medium">Interstellar medium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Protogalaxy" title="Protogalaxy">Protogalaxy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galaxy_filament" title="Galaxy filament">Galaxy filament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spiral_galaxy#Spiral_arms" title="Spiral galaxy">Spiral arm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supermassive_black_hole" title="Supermassive black hole">Supermassive black hole</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ultramassive_black_hole" class="mw-redirect" title="Ultramassive black hole">Ultramassive</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Active_galactic_nucleus" title="Active galactic nucleus">Active nuclei</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blazar" title="Blazar">Blazar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Low-ionization_nuclear_emission-line_region" title="Low-ionization nuclear emission-line region">LINER</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Markarian_galaxies" title="Markarian galaxies">Markarian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quasar" title="Quasar">Quasar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BL_Lacertae_object" title="BL Lacertae object">BL Lacertae object</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radio_galaxy" title="Radio galaxy">Radio</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/X-shaped_radio_galaxy" title="X-shaped radio galaxy">X-shaped</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DRAGN" class="mw-redirect" title="DRAGN">DRAGN</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astrophysical_jet#Relativistic_jet" title="Astrophysical jet">Relativistic jet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seyfert_galaxy" title="Seyfert galaxy">Seyfert</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:1%">Energetic galaxies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lyman-alpha_emitter" title="Lyman-alpha emitter">Lyman-alpha emitter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lyman-break_galaxy" title="Lyman-break galaxy">Lyman-break</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luminous_infrared_galaxy" title="Luminous infrared galaxy">Luminous infrared</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ULIRG" class="mw-redirect" title="ULIRG">ULIRG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HLIRG" class="mw-redirect" title="HLIRG">HLIRG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ELIRG" class="mw-redirect" title="ELIRG">ELIRG</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Starburst_galaxy" title="Starburst galaxy">Starburst</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dwarf_galaxy#Blue_compact_dwarf_galaxies" title="Dwarf galaxy">blue compact dwarf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pea_galaxy" title="Pea galaxy">pea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Faint_blue_galaxy" title="Faint blue galaxy">faint blue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luminous_infrared_galaxy" title="Luminous infrared galaxy">Luminous infrared galaxy</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hot,_dust-obscured_galaxy" title="Hot, dust-obscured galaxy">Hot dust-obscured</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green_bean_galaxy" title="Green bean galaxy">Green bean galaxy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanny%27s_Voorwerp" title="Hanny's Voorwerp">Hanny's Voorwerp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolf-Rayet_galaxy" class="mw-redirect" title="Wolf-Rayet galaxy">Wolf-Rayet galaxy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:1%">Low activity</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Low_surface_brightness_galaxy" title="Low surface brightness galaxy">Low surface brightness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ultra_diffuse_galaxy" title="Ultra diffuse galaxy">Ultra diffuse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dark_galaxy" title="Dark galaxy">Dark galaxy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_nugget" title="Red nugget">Red nugget</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Nugget" title="Blue Nugget">Blue Nugget</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dead_disk" title="Dead disk">Dead disk</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:1%">Interaction</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Field_galaxy" title="Field galaxy">Field</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galactic_tide" title="Galactic tide">Galactic tide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galaxy_groups_and_clusters" title="Galaxy groups and clusters">Groups and clusters</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Galaxy_group" title="Galaxy group">group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galaxy_cluster" title="Galaxy cluster">cluster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brightest_cluster_galaxy" title="Brightest cluster galaxy">Brightest cluster galaxy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fossil_galaxy_group" class="mw-redirect" title="Fossil galaxy group">fossil group</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Interacting_galaxy" title="Interacting galaxy">Interacting</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Galaxy_merger" title="Galaxy merger">merger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galaxy_collision" class="mw-redirect" title="Galaxy collision">collision</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galactic_cannibalism" class="mw-redirect" title="Galactic cannibalism">cannibalism</a></li></ul></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Jellyfish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satellite_galaxy" title="Satellite galaxy">Satellite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stellar_kinematics#Stellar_streams" title="Stellar kinematics">Stellar stream</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supercluster" title="Supercluster">Superclusters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galaxy_filament" title="Galaxy filament">Walls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Void_(astronomy)" title="Void (astronomy)">Voids and supervoids</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Void_galaxy" title="Void galaxy">void galaxy</a></li></ul></li></ul> 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galaxies">Spiral</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_galaxy_groups_and_clusters" title="List of galaxy groups and clusters">Groups and clusters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Large_quasar_group#List_of_LQGs" title="Large quasar group">Large quasar groups</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_quasars" title="List of quasars">Quasars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_the_most_distant_astronomical_objects" title="List of the most distant astronomical objects">List of the most distant astronomical objects</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Starburst_galaxies" class="mw-redirect" title="Starburst galaxies">Starburst galaxies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supercluster#List_of_superclusters" title="Supercluster">Superclusters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_voids" title="List of voids">Voids</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:1%">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" 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