Arp 87

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esahubble_heic0717a October 30th, 2007

Credit: NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

Arp 87 is a stunning pair of interacting galaxies. Stars, gas, and dust flow from the large spiral galaxy, NGC 3808, forming an enveloping arm around its companion. The shapes of both galaxies have been distorted by their gravitational interaction. Arp 87 is located in the constellation of Leo, the Lion, approximately 300 million light-years away from Earth. Arp 87 appears in Arp's Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies. As also seen in similar interacting galaxies, the corkscrew shape of the tidal material suggests that some stars and gas drawn from the larger galaxy have been caught in the gravitational pull of the smaller one. This image was taken in February 2007 with Hubble's Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 detector.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0717a/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Arp 87
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Interacting
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 11h 40m 43.8s
DEC = 22° 26’ 26.5”
Orientation
North is 65.1° CCW
Field of View
2.3 x 1.2 arcminutes
Constellation
Leo

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (WFPC2) Infrared (I) 814.0 nm
Red Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (H-alpha + Nii) 656.0 nm
Green Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (V) 555.0 nm
Blue Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (B) 450.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Red
Green
Blue
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ID
heic0717a
Subject Category
C.5.1.7  
Subject Name
Arp 87
Credits
NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
Release Date
2007-10-30T14:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0717a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Distance in light years from NED
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment
Red, Red, Green, Blue
Band
Infrared, Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
I, H-alpha + Nii, V, B
Central Wavelength
814, 656, 555, 450
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
175.182441546, 22.4406930133
Reference Dimension
2302.0, 1176.0
Reference Pixel
1106.46959865, 897.358443919
Scale
-1.669392e-05, 1.669392e-05
Rotation
65.086
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
heic0717a
Metadata Date
2007-10-24T10:33:35-04:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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