Wide field image of the region around two merging galaxies in SDSS J1531+3414 (ground based telescope)

esahubble_heic1414b July 10th, 2014

Credit: Image credit: NASA, ESA/Hubble and Digitized Sky Survey (DSS)Acknowledgement: Davide de Martin

This digitized sky survey image shows the region around the galaxy cluster SDSS J1531+3414. In this cluster two galaxies have been found to be merging into one and a "chain" of young stellar superclusters are seen winding around the galaxies nuclei.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1414b/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Type: Observation
Object Name: [HGO2008]SDSS J1531+3414
Subject - Distant Universe: Galaxy > Type > Elliptical; Galaxy > Type > Interacting

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Position (ICRS): RA = 15h 31m 7.4s; DEC = 34° 15’ 2.8”
Orientation: North is 1.1° CCW
Field of View: 2.9 x 2.9 degrees
Constellation: Corona Borealis

ID: heic1414b
Subject Category: D.5.1.4 D.5.1.7
Subject Name: [HGO2008]SDSS J1531+3414
Credits: Image credit: NASA, ESA/Hubble and Digitized Sky Survey (DSS)Acknowledgement: Davide de Martin

Release Date: 2014-07-10T16:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1414b/

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 232.780907054, 34.2507886097
Reference Dimension: 10405.0, 10426.0

Reference Pixel: 5202.5, 5213.0
Scale: -0.000280080966437, 0.000280080966437
Rotation: 1.11999999999995
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

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Creator (Curator): ESA/Hubble
URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/
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Address: Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City: Garching bei München
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Postal Code: D-85748
Country: Germany
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID: esahubble
Resource ID: heic1414b

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/heic1414b.tif
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Metadata Date: 2014-05-13T14:36:54+02:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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