Wide-field view of the region around the Antennae Galaxies (ground-based image)
This image is a colour composite made from exposures from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2). The field of view is 2.8 x 2.8 degrees.
Credit:
ESA/Hubble and Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgements: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble)
About the Image
| Id: | heic0812d |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 9 May 2008, 12:00 |
| Related releases: | heic0812 |
| Size: | 10208 x 10356 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 | Telescope |
| Optical B |
DSS |
| Optical R |
DSS |
