Droplets of star formation and two merging galaxies in SDSS J1531+3414

Esahubble_heic1414a_1024

esahubble_heic1414a July 10th, 2014

Credit: Image credit: NASA, ESA/Hubble and Grant Tremblay (European Southern Observatory) Acknowledgement: M. Gladders & M. Florian (University of Chicago, USA), S. Baum, C. O'Dea & K. Cooke (Rochester Institute of Technology, USA), M. Bayliss (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, USA), H. Dahle (University of Oslo, Norway), T. Davis (European Southern Observatory), J. Rigby (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA), K. Sharon (University of Michigan, USA), E. Soto (The Catholic University of America, USA) and E. Wuyts (Max-Planck-Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Germany).

This new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows two galaxies from the cluster SDSS J1531+3414. The two galaxies have been found to be merging into one and a "chain" of young stellar superclusters are seen winding around the galaxies nuclei. The galaxies are surrounded by an egg-shaped blue ring caused by the immense gravity of the cluster bending light from other galaxies beyond it.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1414a/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
[HGO2008]SDSS J1531+3414
Subject - Distant Universe
Galaxy > Type > Elliptical
Galaxy > Type > Interacting
Esahubble_heic1414a_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 15h 31m 9.9s
DEC = 34° 14’ 16.6”
Orientation
North is 53.2° CW
Field of View
2.3 x 1.6 arcminutes
Constellation
Corona Borealis

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (WFC3) Infrared 1.6 µm
Yellow Hubble (WFC3) Infrared (I) 814.0 nm
Cyan Hubble (WFC3) Optical (G) 606.0 nm
Blue Hubble (WFC3) Ultraviolet (U) 390.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Yellow
Cyan
Blue
Esahubble_heic1414a_1280
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ID
heic1414a
Subject Category
D.5.1.4   D.5.1.7  
Subject Name
[HGO2008]SDSS J1531+3414
Credits
Image credit: NASA, ESA/Hubble and Grant Tremblay (European Southern Observatory) Acknowledgement: M. Gladders & M. Florian (University of Chicago, USA), S. Baum, C. O'Dea & K. Cooke (Rochester Institute of Technology, USA), M. Bayliss (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, USA), H. Dahle (University of Oslo, Norway), T. Davis (European Southern Observatory), J. Rigby (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA), K. Sharon (University of Michigan, USA), E. Soto (The Catholic University of America, USA) and E. Wuyts (Max-Planck-Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Germany).
Release Date
2014-07-10T16:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1414a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFC3, WFC3, WFC3, WFC3
Color Assignment
Red, Yellow, Cyan, Blue
Band
Infrared, Infrared, Optical, Ultraviolet
Bandpass
-, I, G, U
Central Wavelength
1600, 814, 606, 390
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
232.791242205, 34.2379442473
Reference Dimension
4510.0, 3097.0
Reference Pixel
2255.0, 1548.0
Scale
-8.40697015232e-06, 8.40697015232e-06
Rotation
-53.179999999999993
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
heic1414a
Metadata Date
2014-06-25T10:37:14+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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