LEDA 36252, a cosmic tadpole
In this new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, a firestorm of star birth is lighting up one end of the diminutive galaxy LEDA 36252 — also known as Kiso 5649.
The galaxy is a member of a class of galaxies called “tadpoles” because of their bright heads and elongated tails. This galaxy resides relatively nearby, at a distance of 80 million light-years. Tadpoles are rare in the local Universe but common in the distant Universe, suggesting that many galaxies pass through a phase like this as they evolve.
NASA, ESA, and D. Elmegreen (Vassar College), B. Elmegreen (IBM’s Thomas J. Watson Research Center), J. Almeida, C. Munoz-Tunon, and M. Filho (Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias), J. Mendez-Abreu (University of St. Andrews), J. Gallagher (University of Wisconsin-Madison), M. Rafelski (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center), and D. Ceverino (Center for Astronomy at Heidelberg University)
About the Image
Id: | heic1612a |
Type: | Observation |
Release date: | 28 June 2016, 19:00 |
Related releases: | heic1612 |
Size: | 1391 x 1287 px |
About the Object
Name: | LEDA 36252 |
Type: | Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Irregular |
Distance: | 80 million light years |
Constellation: | Ursa Major |
Category: | Galaxies |
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Coordinates
Position (RA): | 11 41 7.04 |
Position (Dec): | 32° 25' 38.84" |
Field of view: | 0.92 x 0.85 arcminutes |
Orientation: | North is -0.0° left of vertical |
Colours & filters
Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
---|---|---|
Ultraviolet UV | 225 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFC3 |
Optical B | 438 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFC3 |
Ultraviolet U | 336 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFC3 |
Optical V | 606 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFC3 |
Optical y | 547 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFC3 |
Optical Ha | 657 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFC3 |
Optical I | 814 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFC3 |