AM1316-241
AM1316-241 is made up of two interacting galaxies - a spiral galaxy (on the left of the frame) in front of an elliptical galaxy (on the right of the frame). The starlight from the background galaxy is partially obscured by the bands and filaments of dust associated with the foreground spiral galaxy. The Hubble image unravels the fine detail in the patchy clumps of dust confined to the spiral arms of the spiral galaxy. This dust reddens the light from the background just as the intervening dust in the Earth's atmosphere reddens sunsets here. AM1316-241 is located some 400 million light years away toward the constellation of Hydra, the Water Snake.
This image is part of a large collection of 59 images of merging galaxies taken by the Hubble Space Telescope and released on the occasion of its 18th anniversary on 24th April 2008.
Credit:NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration and W. Keel (University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa)
About the Image
Id: | heic0810bu |
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Type: | Observation |
Release date: | 24 April 2008, 15:00 |
Related releases: | heic0810 |
Size: | 1660 x 1660 px |
About the Object
Name: | AM1316-241, ESO 508-45 |
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Type: | Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Interacting |
Distance: | 350 million light years |
Constellation: | Hydra |
Category: | Anniversary Galaxies |
Coordinates
Position (RA): | 13 19 31.92 |
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Position (Dec): | -24° 29' 20.29" |
Field of view: | 1.26 x 1.26 arcminutes |
Orientation: | North is 56.0° right of vertical |
Colours & filters
Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
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Optical B | 435 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |
Optical Pseudogreen (B+I) |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 | |
Infrared I | 814 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |