Takes Two Antenna Galaxies to Tangle

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spitzer_sig10-017 August 5th, 2010

Credit: NASA/CXC/SAO/JPL-Caltech/STScI

A new image of two tangled galaxies has been released by NASA's Great Observatories. The Antennae galaxies, located about 62 million light-years from Earth, are shown in this composite image from the Chandra X-ray Observatory (blue), the Hubble Space Telescope (gold and brown), and the Spitzer Space Telescope (red). The Antennae galaxies take their name from the long antenna-like arms seen in wide-angle views of the system. These features were produced in the collision.

Provider: Spitzer Space Telescope

Image Source: http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/3244-sig10-017-Takes-Two-Antenna-Galaxies-to-Tangle

Curator: Chandra X-ray Observatory, Cambridge, MA, USA

Image Use Policy: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/image_use.html

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
NGC 4038 NGC 4039

Distance

Universescale2
60,000,000 light years
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 12h 1m 53.0s
DEC = -18° 52’ 59.5”
Orientation
North is 31.0° CW
Field of View
3.4 x 3.4 arcminutes
Constellation
Corvus

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Yellow Hubble (WFC) Optical (B-band) 435.0 nm
Yellow Hubble (WFC) Optical (Narrow-V) 550.0 nm
Yellow Hubble (WFC) Optical (Broad-I) 814.0 nm
Blue Chandra (ACIS) X-ray (X-ray) 826.7 pm
Red Spitzer (IRAC) Infrared (8 micron) 8.0 µm
Spectrum_xray1
Yellow
Yellow
Yellow
Blue
Red
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ID
sig10-017
Subject Category
Subject Name
NGC 4038, NGC 4039
Credits
NASA/CXC/SAO/JPL-Caltech/STScI
Release Date
2010-08-05
Lightyears
60,000,000
Redshift
60,000,000
Reference Url
http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/3244-sig10-017-Takes-Two-Antenna-Galaxies-to-Tangle
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Good
Distance Notes
Facility
HST, HST, HST, Chandra, Spitzer
Instrument
WFC, WFC, WFC, ACIS, IRAC
Color Assignment
Yellow, Yellow, Yellow, Blue, Red
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical, X-ray, Infrared
Bandpass
B-band, Narrow-V, Broad-I, X-ray, 8 micron
Central Wavelength
435, 550, 814, 0.8267, 8000
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
180.4707556, -18.8831994
Reference Dimension
3545.0, 3600.0
Reference Pixel
1773.5, 1801.0
Scale
1.58127e-05, 1.581272e-05
Rotation
-31.04
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
WCS retrieved using CXCs PinpointWCS
Creator (Curator)
Chandra X-ray Observatory
URL
http://chandra.harvard.edu
Name
Chandra X-ray Observatory Center
Email
cxcpub@cfa.harvard.edu
Telephone
617.496.7941
Address
60 Garden St.
City
Cambridge
State/Province
MA
Postal Code
02138
Country
USA
Rights
http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/image_use.html
Publisher
Publisher ID
spitzer
Resource ID
sig10-17.tif
Metadata Date
2012-01-27
Metadata Version
1.1
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60,000,000 light years

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