Hubble Finds More Evidence of Galactic Cannibalism

esahubble_opo9906a February 18th, 1999

Credit: Carl Grillmair (California Institute of Technology) and NASA/ESA

This beautiful, eerie silhouette of dark dust clouds against the glowing nucleus of the elliptical galaxy NGC 1316 may represent the aftermath of a 100 million year old cosmic collision between the elliptical and a smaller companion galaxy.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9906a/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: Fornax A • NGC 1316
Subject - Local Universe: Galaxy > Type > Lenticular

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 3h 22m 40.4s; DEC = -37° 12’ 11.7”
Orientation: North is 181.6° CW
Field of View: 2.5 x 2.5 arcminutes
Constellation: Fornax

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (R)	-
Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (B)	-

ID: opo9906a
Subject Category: C.5.1.3
Subject Name: Fornax A, NGC 1316
Credits: Carl Grillmair (California Institute of Technology) and NASA/ESA

Release Date: 1999-02-18T06:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9906a/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes: Distance in light years from NED

Facility: Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument: WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment

Band: Optical, Optical
Bandpass: R, B
Central Wavelength

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Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 50.6684744326, -37.203240614
Reference Dimension: 1490.0, 1480.0

Reference Pixel: 746.0, 741.0
Scale: -2.76432085531e-05, 2.76432085531e-05
Rotation: -181.57999999999998
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Creator (Curator): ESA/Hubble
URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/
Name
Email

Telephone
Address: Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City: Garching bei München
State/Province

Postal Code: D-85748
Country: Germany
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID: esahubble
Resource ID: opo9906a

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo9906a.tif
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Metadata Date: 2003-12-09T17:53:01+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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