Colliding Galaxies NGC 4038 and NGC 4039 (ground-based image)
A ground-based telescopic view of the Antennae galaxies (known formally as NGC 4038/4039) - so named because a pair of long tails of luminous matter, formed by the gravitational tidal forces of their encounter, resembles an insect's antennae. The galaxies are located 63 million light-years away in the southern constellation Corvus.
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About the Object
| Name: | Antennae, IRAS 11593-1835, IRAS F11593-1836, NGC 4038, NGC 4039 |
| Type: | Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Interacting |
| Distance: | 75 million light years |
| Constellation: | Corvus |
| Category: | Galaxies |
Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 12 2 3.53 |
| Position (Dec): | -18° 55' 25.80" |
| Field of view: | 17.72 x 24.49 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 119.8° left of vertical |
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