The disturbed galactic duo NGC 3169 and NGC 3166
eso_eso1114a April 20th, 2011
Credit: ESO/Igor Chekalin
This image from the Wide Field Imager on the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at the La Silla Observatory in Chile captures the pair of galaxies NGC 3169 (left) and NGC 3166 (right). These adjacent galaxies display some curious features, demonstrating that each member of the duo is close enough to feel the distorting gravitational influence of the other. The gravitational tug of war has warped the spiral shape of one galaxy, NGC 3169, and fragmented the dust lanes in its companion NGC 3166. At the bottom-right of the pair, a third galaxy is portrayed, NGC 3165.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1114a/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- eso1114a
- Subject Category
- C.5.1.7
- Subject Name
- NGC 3166, NGC 3169
- Credits
- ESO/Igor Chekalin
- Release Date
- 2011-04-20T12:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1114a/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope, MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope, MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
- Instrument
- WFI, WFI, WFI
- Color Assignment
- Red, Green, Blue
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- R, V, B
- Central Wavelength
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 153.520540522, 3.45518228623
- Reference Dimension
- 1280.0, 1280.0
- Reference Pixel
- 634.0, 665.0
- Scale
- -0.000279047869255, 0.000279047869255
- Rotation
- -1.57081137617
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- 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
- eso1114a
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1114a.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2011-04-18T15:26:51+02:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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