The Cartwheel Galaxy
A rare and spectacular head-on collision between two galaxies appears in this Hubble Space Telescope true-color image of the Cartwheel Galaxy, located 500 million light-years away in the constellation Sculptor. The new details of star birth resolved by Hubble provide an opportunity to study how extremely massive stars are born in large fragmented gas clouds.
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About the Object
| Name: | Cartwheel Galaxy |
| Type: | Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Lenticular |
| Distance: | 400 million light years |
| Constellation: | Sculptor |
| Category: | Galaxies |
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Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 0 37 41.56 |
| Position (Dec): | -33° 42' 38.09" |
| Field of view: | 2.13 x 1.74 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 127.4° right of vertical |
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Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
|---|---|---|
| Optical B | 450 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |
| Infrared I | 814 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |