Wide-field view of the area around NGC 922 (ground-based image)
This image from a ground-based telescope shows the region around NGC 922, a galaxy with a bright ring of nebulae caused by a collision with another, smaller galaxy, which passed straight through NGC 922. This smaller galaxy, called 2MASXI J0224301-244443 is visible as a small blob to the right of NGC 922, the bright galaxy in the centre of the field. The orange line crossing the image is a satellite passing above the telescope during the observations.
Credit:NASA, ESA, Digitized Sky Survey 2 (Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin)
About the Image
| Id: | heic1218c |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 6 December 2012, 15:00 |
| Related releases: | heic1218 |
| Size: | 10656 x 10359 px |
About the Object
| Name: | NGC 922 |
| Type: | Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Ring |
| Distance: | 150 million light years |
| Constellation: | Fornax |
| Category: | Galaxies |
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Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 2 25 5.09 |
| Position (Dec): | -24° 47' 38.52" |
| Field of view: | 178.89 x 173.90 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 1.2° left of vertical |
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