How do galaxies grow?
eso_eso0824b August 26th, 2008
Credit: ESO
The inset in this image obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope shows that the brightest galaxy in group 3 has also a double nucleus. Thus, these galaxies are currently in the process of merging. This discovery provides unique and powerful validation of hierarchical formation as manifested in both galaxy and cluster assembly.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0824b/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- eso0824b
- Subject Category
- C.5.1.7
- Subject Name
- Galaxies
- Credits
- ESO
- Release Date
- 2008-08-26T00:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0824b/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Hubble Space Telescope
- Instrument
- ACS
- Color Assignment
- Grayscale
- Band
- Optical
- Bandpass
- Central Wavelength
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- Equinox
- Reference Value
- Reference Dimension
- 196.0, 199.0
- Reference Pixel
- Scale
- Rotation
- Coordinate System Projection:
- Quality
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- European Southern Observatory
- URL
- http://www.eso.org/
- Name
- 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
- European Southern Observatory
- Publisher ID
- eso
- Resource ID
- eso0824b
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso0824b.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2008-08-25T15:17:43+02:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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