Colliding galaxies NGC 4038 and NGC 4039

Esahubble_opo9734d_1024

esahubble_opo9734d October 21st, 1997

Credit: Brad Whitmore (STScI), and NASA/ESA

The respective cores of the twin galaxies are the orange blobs, left and right of image center, crisscrossed by filaments of dark dust. A wide band of chaotic dust, called the overlap region, stretches between the cores of the two galaxies. The sweeping spiral- like patterns, traced by bright blue star clusters, shows the result of a firestorm of star birth activity which was triggered by the collision.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9734d/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Antennae Galaxies NGC 4038 NGC 4039
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Interacting
Esahubble_opo9734d_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 12h 1m 52.1s
DEC = -18° 52’ 23.1”
Orientation
North is 120.0° CCW
Field of View
2.5 x 2.5 arcminutes
Constellation
Corvus

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Hubble (WFPC2) Infrared (I) 814.0 nm
Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (V) 555.0 nm
Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (B) 439.0 nm
Hubble (WFPC2) Ultraviolet (U) 336.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Esahubble_opo9734d_1280
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ID
opo9734d
Subject Category
C.5.1.7  
Subject Name
Antennae Galaxies, NGC 4038, NGC 4039
Credits
Brad Whitmore (STScI), and NASA/ESA
Release Date
1997-10-21T19:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9734d/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment
Band
Infrared, Optical, Optical, Ultraviolet
Bandpass
I, V, B, U
Central Wavelength
814, 555, 439, 336
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
180.4671238, -18.8730846
Reference Dimension
1499.0, 1507.0
Reference Pixel
750.5, 754.5
Scale
-2.75022394784e-05, 2.75379953229e-05
Rotation
120
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
WCS info from NASA/Hubble
Creator (Curator)
ESA/Hubble
URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/
Name
B. Whitmore (ST ScI)
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
opo9734d
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:49:03+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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