Ground-based image of the Antennae Galaxies

esahubble_heic0812c May 9th, 2008

Credit: Robert Gendler

This ground-based image was taken by Robert Gendler and shows the two merging Antennae Galaxies (NGC 4038 and NGC 4039) and their impressive long tidal tails.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0812c/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: Antennae Galaxies • NGC 4038 • NGC 4039
Subject - Local Universe: Galaxy > Type > Interacting

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 12h 1m 54.3s; DEC = -18° 53’ 53.0”
Orientation: North is 0.3° CCW
Field of View: 37.3 x 25.0 arcminutes
Constellation: Corvus

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
Hubble (ACS)	Infrared (I)	-
Hubble (ACS)	Optical (Pseudogreen (V+I))	-
Hubble (ACS)	Optical (V)	-

ID: heic0812c
Subject Category: C.5.1.7
Subject Name: Antennae Galaxies, NGC 4038, NGC 4039
Credits: Robert Gendler

Release Date: 2008-05-09T12:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0812c/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes

Facility: Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument: ACS, ACS, ACS
Color Assignment: Red, Green, Blue

Band: Infrared, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: I, Pseudogreen (V+I), V
Central Wavelength

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 180.476045768, -18.8980621343
Reference Dimension: 3985.0, 2672.0

Reference Pixel: 1992.5, 1336.0
Scale: -0.000156063829348, 0.000156063829348
Rotation: 0.34000000000000008
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Creator (Curator): ESA/Hubble
URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/
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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: heic0812c

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/heic0812c.tif
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Metadata Date: 2008-05-08T16:56:22-04:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

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