NGC 695
NGC 695 is a peculiar galaxy which looks like a revolving tornado.
It is a disturbed spiral galaxy, seen face-on, with loosely wound spiral arms. Knotty star-forming regions are tangled in a mesh of dust and gas. NGC 695 is in an interaction with a small companion located just outside the image to the left. Scientists believe that this is a recent but relatively weak interaction. NGC 695 is located in the constellation of Aries, the Ram, about 450 million light-years away from Earth.
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 A. Evans (University of Virginia, Charlottesville/NRAO/Stony Brook University)
About the Image
| Id: | heic0810ci |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 24 April 2008, 15:00 |
| Related releases: | heic0810 |
| Size: | 2155 x 2155 px |
About the Object
| Name: | NGC 695 |
| Type: | Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Interacting |
| Distance: | 400 million light years |
| Constellation: | Aries |
| Category: | Anniversary Galaxies |
Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 1 51 13.92 |
| Position (Dec): | 22° 34' 55.29" |
| Field of view: | 1.81 x 1.81 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 116.5° left of vertical |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
|---|---|---|
| Optical B | 435 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |
| Optical Pseudogreen (B+I) |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS | |
| Infrared I | 814 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |