The area around merging galaxy duo Arp 142 (ground-based image)

esahubble_heic1311b June 20th, 2013

Credit: NASA, ESA, Digitized Sky Survey 2

This image from the Digitized Sky Survey shows the area around a pair of merging galaxies known as Arp 142 in the constellation of Hydra. This pair is made up of once-spiral galaxy NGC 2936, and elliptical galaxy NGC 2937.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1311b/

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: Arp 142 • NGC 2936 • NGC 2937
Subject - Local Universe: Galaxy > Type > Interacting

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 9h 37m 43.8s; DEC = 2° 45’ 29.4”
Orientation: North is 0.2° CCW
Field of View: 1.5 x 1.6 degrees
Constellation: Hydra

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
DSS (None)	Optical (R)	-
DSS (None)	Optical (G)	-
DSS (None)	Optical (B)	-

ID: heic1311b
Subject Category: C.5.1.7
Subject Name: Arp 142, NGC 2936, NGC 2937
Credits: NASA, ESA, Digitized Sky Survey 2

Release Date: 2013-06-20T18:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1311b/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes: from 1984ApJ...287...95L

Facility: DSS, DSS, DSS
Instrument: None, None, None
Color Assignment

Band: Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: R, G, B
Central Wavelength

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Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 144.43266395, 2.75818001219
Reference Dimension: 5191.0, 5616.0

Reference Pixel: 2595.0, 2808.0
Scale: -0.000279838643968, 0.000279838643968
Rotation: 0.23999999999999996
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
FITS Header
Notes

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: heic1311b

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/heic1311b.tif
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Metadata Date: 2013-05-15T14:12:54+02:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

There is no distance meta data in this image.