Hubble view of NGC 922
An almost complete circle of bright pink nebulae skirts around a spiral galaxy in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 922. The ring structure and the galaxy’s distorted spiral shape result from a smaller galaxy scoring a cosmic bullseye, hitting the centre of NGC 922 some 330 million years ago.
Credit:NASA, ESA
About the Image
Id: | heic1218a |
Type: | Observation |
Release date: | 6 December 2012, 15:00 |
Related releases: | heic1218 |
Size: | 3291 x 3291 px |
About the Object
Name: | NGC 922 |
Type: | Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Ring |
Distance: | 150 million light years |
Constellation: | Fornax |
Category: | Galaxies |
Coordinates
Position (RA): | 2 25 4.47 |
Position (Dec): | -24° 47' 15.78" |
Field of view: | 2.17 x 2.17 arcminutes |
Orientation: | North is 52.6° left of vertical |
Colours & filters
Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
---|---|---|
Optical B | 439 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |
Optical V | 547 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |
Optical redshifted H-alpha + [N II] | 665 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFC3 |
Optical I | 814 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |
Optical R | 621 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFC3 |