Ground-based image of the Antennae Galaxies
This ground-based image was taken by Robert Gendler and shows the two merging Antennae Galaxies (NGC 4038 and NGC 4039) and their impressive long tidal tails.
Credit:
Robert Gendler
About the Image
| Id: | heic0812c |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 9 May 2008, 12:00 |
| Related releases: | heic0812 |
| Size: | 3985 x 2672 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Antennae Galaxies, NGC 4038, NGC 4039 |
| Type: | • Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Interacting |
| Distance: | 45 million light years |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Optical V |
606 nm | Hubble Space Telescope ACS |
| Optical Pseudogreen (V+I) |
Hubble Space Telescope ACS | |
| Infrared I |
814 nm | Hubble Space Telescope ACS |
