Hubble image of NGC 7714
NGC 7714 is a spiral galaxy 100 million light-years from Earth — a relatively close neighbour in cosmic terms.
The galaxy has witnessed some violent and dramatic events in its recent past. Tell-tale signs of this brutality can be seen in NGC 7714's strangely shaped arms, and in the smoky golden haze that stretches out from the galactic centre — caused by an ongoing merger with its smaller galactic companion NGC 7715, which is out of the frame of this image.
Credit:ESA, NASA
Acknowledgement: A. Gal-Yam (Weizmann Institute of Science)
About the Image
| Id: | heic1503a |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 29 January 2015, 16:00 |
| Related releases: | heic1503 |
| Size: | 3269 x 2240 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Arp 284, NGC 7714 |
| Type: | Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Interacting |
| Distance: | 100 million light years |
| Constellation: | Pisces |
| Category: | Galaxies |
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Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 23 36 11.54 |
| Position (Dec): | 2° 8' 40.54" |
| Field of view: | 2.72 x 1.86 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 14.8° left of vertical |
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Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
|---|---|---|
| Ultraviolet U | 300 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFC3 |
| Ultraviolet U | 390 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFC3 |
| Optical R | 606 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |
| Optical I | 814 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |