The area around NGC 3314 (ground-based view)
This image shows a wide field of view around the overlapping galaxy pair NGC 3314. While the two galaxies look as if they are in the midst of a collision, this is in fact a trick of perspective: the two are in chance alignment from our vantage point.
Credit:NASA, ESA, Digitized Sky Survey 2 (Acknowledgement: Davide de Martin)
About the Image
| Id: | heic1208b |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 14 June 2012, 15:00 |
| Related releases: | heic1208 |
| Size: | 10566 x 7579 px |
About the Object
| Name: | NGC 3314, NGC 3314A, NGC 3314B |
| Type: | Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Spiral |
| Distance: | 150 million light years |
| Constellation: | Hydra |
| Category: | Galaxies |
Image Formats
Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 10 37 14.39 |
| Position (Dec): | -27° 18' 34.59" |
| Field of view: | 177.47 x 127.30 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 0.2° right of vertical |
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