NGC 5754

Esahubble_heic0810bt_1024

esahubble_heic0810bt April 24th, 2008

Credit: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration and W. Keel (University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa)

This beautiful pair of interacting galaxies consists of NGC 5754, the large spiral on the top and NGC 5752, the smaller companion in the bottom left corner of the image. NGC 5754's internal structure has hardly been disturbed by the interaction. The outer structure does exhibit tidal features, as does the symmetry of the inner spiral pattern and the kinked arms just beyond its inner ring. In contrast, NGC 5752 has undergone a starburst episode, with a rich population of massive and luminous star clusters clumping around the core and intertwined with intricate dust lanes. The contrasting reactions of the two galaxies to their interaction are due to their differing masses and sizes. NGC 5754 is located in the constellation Botes, the Herdsman, some 200 million light-years away. This image is part of a large collection of 59 images of merging galaxies taken by the Hubble Space Telescope and released on the occasion of its 18th anniversary on 24th April 2008.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0810bt/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
NGC 5754
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Interacting
Esahubble_heic0810bt_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 14h 45m 18.0s
DEC = 38° 43’ 59.8”
Orientation
North is 106.5° CW
Field of View
1.8 x 1.8 arcminutes
Constellation
Bootes

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (WFPC2) Infrared (I) -
Green Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (Pseudogreen (B+I)) -
Blue Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (B) -
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ID
heic0810bt
Subject Category
C.5.1.7  
Subject Name
NGC 5754
Credits
NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration and W. Keel (University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa)
Release Date
2008-04-24T15:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0810bt/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Infrared, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
I, Pseudogreen (B+I), B
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
221.3248488, 38.7332831
Reference Dimension
2371.0, 2371.0
Reference Pixel
1186.5, 1186.5
Scale
-1.26347e-05, 1.2634736e-05
Rotation
-106.51
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
ESA/Hubble
URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City
Garching bei München
State/Province
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID
esahubble
Resource ID
heic0810bt
Metadata Date
2008-04-21T13:04:36+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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