Intergalactic pipeline

Esahubble_opo0102a_1024

esahubble_opo0102a January 9th, 2001

Credit: William C. Keel (University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa) and NASA/ESA

This visible-light picture, taken by the Hubble telescope, reveals an intergalactic 'pipeline' of material flowing between two battered galaxies that bumped into each other about 100 million years ago. The pipeline [the dark string of matter] begins in NGC 1410 [the galaxy at left], crosses over 20, 000 light-years of intergalactic space, and wraps around NGC 1409 [the companion galaxy at right] like a ribbon around a package. The galaxies reside about 300 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Taurus.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0102a/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
IRAS 03386-0127 NGC 1409 NGC 1410
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Interacting
Esahubble_opo0102a_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 3h 41m 10.5s
DEC = -1° 18’ 3.0”
Orientation
North is 94.7° CCW
Field of View
0.5 x 0.3 arcminutes
Constellation
Taurus

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (STIS ) Optical (R) -
Green Hubble (STIS ) Optical (V) -
Blue Hubble (STIS ) Optical -
Esahubble_opo0102a_1280
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ID
opo0102a
Subject Category
C.5.1.7  
Subject Name
IRAS 03386-0127, NGC 1409, NGC 1410
Credits
William C. Keel (University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa) and NASA/ESA
Release Date
2001-01-09T18:30:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0102a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
STIS , STIS , STIS
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
R, V, -
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
55.2938001238, -1.30082469234
Reference Dimension
1147.0, 827.0
Reference Pixel
573.5, 413.5
Scale
-7.05236034881e-06, 7.05236034881e-06
Rotation
94.7399999999999
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
opo0102a
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:17:04+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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