Merging Galaxies UGC06471 and UGC06472

Esahubble_opo0104d_1024

esahubble_opo0104d January 11th, 2001

Credit: Rogier Windhorst (Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ), the Hubble mid-UV team and NASA/ESA

The picture at right shows a cosmic collision between two galaxies, UGC 06471 and UGC 06472. These collisions occurred frequently in the early universe, producing galaxies of unusual shapes. The Hubble telescope has spied many such galaxies in the deep field surveys.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0104d/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
UGC 06471 UGC 06472
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Interacting
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 11h 28m 30.9s
DEC = 58° 33’ 42.7”
Orientation
North is 58.1° CCW
Field of View
1.0 x 0.9 arcminutes
Constellation
Ursa Major

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (WFPC2) Infrared (I) 814.0 nm
Green Hubble (WFPC2) Ultraviolet (Mid-UV) 300.0 nm
Blue Hubble (WFPC2) Ultraviolet (Mid-UV) 225.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Green
Blue
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ID
opo0104d
Subject Category
C.5.1.7  
Subject Name
UGC 06471, UGC 06472
Credits
Rogier Windhorst (Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ), the Hubble mid-UV team and NASA/ESA
Release Date
2001-01-11T18:30:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0104d/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Distance in light years from NED
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Infrared, Ultraviolet, Ultraviolet
Bandpass
I, Mid-UV, Mid-UV
Central Wavelength
814, 300, 225
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
172.128881643, 58.5618589041
Reference Dimension
618.0, 557.0
Reference Pixel
310.0, 280.0
Scale
-2.75029110245e-05, 2.75029110245e-05
Rotation
58.059999999999981
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
opo0104d
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:17:14+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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