HST/WFPC2 image of colliding galaxies NGC 4038 and NGC 4039
Includes an image made in red light from hydrogen gas.
Credit:Brad Whitmore (STScI)
About the Image
About the Object
| Name: | Antennae, IRAS 11593-1835, IRAS F11593-1836, NGC 4038, NGC 4039 |
| Type: | Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Interacting |
| Constellation: | Corvus |
| Category: | Galaxies |
Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 12 1 52.11 |
| Position (Dec): | -18° 52' 23.10" |
| Field of view: | 2.48 x 2.48 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 120.0° left of vertical |
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