Colliding Galaxies NGC 4038 and NGC 4039 (ground-based image)

Esahubble_opo9734c_1024

esahubble_opo9734c October 21st, 1997

Credit: Brad Whitmore (STScI), and NASA/ESA

A ground-based telescopic view of the Antennae galaxies (known formally as NGC 4038/4039) - so named because a pair of long tails of luminous matter, formed by the gravitational tidal forces of their encounter, resembles an insect's antennae. The galaxies are located 63 million light-years away in the southern constellation Corvus.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9734c/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Antennae IRAS 11593-1835 IRAS F11593-1836 NGC 4038 NGC 4039
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Interacting
Esahubble_opo9734c_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 12h 2m 3.5s
DEC = -18° 55’ 25.8”
Orientation
North is 119.8° CCW
Field of View
17.7 x 24.5 arcminutes
Constellation
Corvus
Esahubble_opo9734c_1280
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ID
opo9734c
Subject Category
C.5.1.7  
Subject Name
Antennae, IRAS 11593-1835, IRAS F11593-1836, NGC 4038, NGC 4039
Credits
Brad Whitmore (STScI), and NASA/ESA
Release Date
1997-10-21T19:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9734c/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Instrument
Color Assignment
Band
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
T
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
180.514717762, -18.9238333093
Reference Dimension
1500.0, 2073.0
Reference Pixel
750.0, 1036.5
Scale
-0.000196898420944, 0.000196898420944
Rotation
119.83999999999999
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
opo9734c
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:49:00+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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