NGC 4038/4039

Esahubble_opo9734p_1024

esahubble_opo9734p October 21st, 1997

Credit: Francois Schweizer (CIW/DTM)

The spiral galaxies NGC 4038 and NGC 4039 form together the famous Antennae Galaxies, named after the long tails of gas, dust and stars they eject. These antennae are the results of a recent collision between the two galaxies. Due to their proximity of about 70 million light years they are the nearest and youngest pair of colliding galaxies in our galactic neighbourhood. The collision of the galaxies created a massive concentration of gas, which can not only be found in the hearts of the two galaxies but also in the chaotic regions where they are colliding and in the anntenae. This gas is the building material for a new generation of stars which is born therein.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9734p/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

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Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Antennae • IRAS 11593-1835 • NGC 4038 • NGC 4039
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Interacting
Esahubble_opo9734p_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 12h 1m 48.4s
DEC = -18° 53’ 29.1”
Orientation
North is 89.8° CW
Field of View
19.9 x 16.5 arcminutes
Constellation
Corvus
Esahubble_opo9734p_1280
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ID
opo9734p
Subject Category
C.5.1.7  
Subject Name
Antennae, IRAS 11593-1835, NGC 4038, NGC 4039
Credits
Francois Schweizer (CIW/DTM)
Release Date
1997-10-21T19:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9734p/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Instrument
Color Assignment
Band
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
180.451526195, -18.8914159176
Reference Dimension
350.0, 291.0
Reference Pixel
175.0, 145.5
Scale
-0.000947615380563, 0.000947615380563
Rotation
-89.780000000000072
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
opo9734p
Resource URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo9734p.jpg
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Metadata Date
2019-10-07T11:41:46.746118
Metadata Version
1.1
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