NGC 7252

Esahubble_opo9734q_1024

esahubble_opo9734q October 21st, 1997

Credit: Francois Schweizer (CIW/DTM)

NGC 7252 is the resulting objects of two galaxies colliding with each others a billion years ago. Because of its loop-like sturcutres, made of stars and dust, that resemble a diagram of an electron orbiting an atomic nucleus, NGC 7252 also bears the nickname Atoms-for-Peace. This galactic pile-up provides astronomers an excellent opportunity to study how mergers between galaxies affect the evolution of the Universe. In studying similar objects we can already predict that in a few billion years NGC 7252 will have completed its merging process and will have finished its transformation in an elliptical galaxy. The Milky way will probably undergo a similar evolution as NGC 7252 after its collision with the Andromeda galaxy in the far future.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9734q/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

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Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Atoms-for-peace • IRAS 22179-2455 • NGC 7252
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Interacting
Esahubble_opo9734q_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 22h 20m 44.8s
DEC = -24° 40’ 11.4”
Orientation
North is 179.1° CW
Field of View
9.2 x 7.3 arcminutes
Constellation
Aquarius
Esahubble_opo9734q_1280
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ID
opo9734q
Subject Category
C.5.1.7  
Subject Name
Atoms-for-peace, IRAS 22179-2455, NGC 7252
Credits
Francois Schweizer (CIW/DTM)
Release Date
1997-10-21T19:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9734q/
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
335.186554831, -24.6698387715
Reference Dimension
350.0, 276.0
Reference Pixel
175.0, 138.0
Scale
-0.000438411340544, 0.000438411340544
Rotation
-179.08000000000007
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
opo9734q
Resource URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo9734q.jpg
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Metadata Date
2019-10-07T11:41:46.875108
Metadata Version
1.1
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