NGC 5331
NGC 5331 is a pair of interacting galaxies beginning to "link arms". There is a blue trail which appears in the image flowing to the right of the system. NGC 5331 is very bright in the infrared, with about a hundred billion times the luminosity of the Sun. It is located in the constellation Virgo, the Maiden, about 450 million light-years away from Earth.
This image is part of a large collection of 59 images of merging galaxies taken by the Hubble Space Telescope and released on the occasion of its 18th anniversary on 24th April 2008.
Credit:NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration and A. Evans (University of Virginia, Charlottesville/NRAO/Stony Brook University)
About the Image
Id: | heic0810bo |
Type: | Observation |
Release date: | 24 April 2008, 15:00 |
Related releases: | heic0810 |
Size: | 3134 x 3134 px |
About the Object
Name: | NGC 5331 |
Type: | Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Interacting |
Distance: | 450 million light years |
Constellation: | Virgo |
Category: | Anniversary Galaxies |
Coordinates
Position (RA): | 13 52 16.07 |
Position (Dec): | 2° 6' 17.78" |
Field of view: | 2.62 x 2.62 arcminutes |
Orientation: | North is 26.0° right of vertical |
Colours & filters
Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
---|---|---|
Optical B | 435 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |
Optical Pseudogreen (B+I) |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS | |
Infrared I | 814 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |