A grazing encounter between two spiral galaxies

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esahubble_opo9941a November 4th, 1999

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

In the direction of the constellation Canis Major, two spiral galaxies pass by each other like majestic ships in the night. The near-collision has been caught in images taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and its Wide Field Planetary Camera 2.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9941a/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
IC 2163 NGC 2207
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Interacting
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 6h 16m 25.1s
DEC = -21° 22’ 34.6”
Orientation
North is 191.3° CW
Field of View
4.8 x 2.5 arcminutes
Constellation
Canis Major

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (WFPC2) Infrared (I) 814.0 nm
Green Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (V) 555.0 nm
Blue Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (B) 439.0 nm
Blue Hubble (WFPC2) Ultraviolet (U) 336.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Green
Blue
Blue
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ID
opo9941a
Subject Category
C.5.1.7  
Subject Name
IC 2163, NGC 2207
Credits
NASA/ESA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI)
Release Date
1999-11-04T07:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9941a/
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, Green, Blue, Blue
Band
Infrared, Optical, Optical, Ultraviolet
Bandpass
I, V, B, U
Central Wavelength
814, 555, 439, 336
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
94.1045724, -21.3762825
Reference Dimension
2907.0, 1486.0
Reference Pixel
1454.5, 744.0
Scale
2.76065349807e-05, 2.76744393539e-05
Rotation
-191.25
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
WCS info from NASA/Hubble
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
opo9941a
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:55:16+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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