NGC 1291

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galex_glx2007-05f_img03 November 14th, 2007

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/CTIO

This image from NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer shows the galaxy NGC 1291, located about 33 million light-years away in the constellation Eridanus. NGC 1291 is notable for its unusual inner bar and outer ring structure.

Blue represents ultraviolet light captured by the telescope's long-wavelength detector. Green shows ultraviolet light from the short-wavelength detector, and red shows red visible light from the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, Chile.

The Galaxy Evolution Explorer data was taken in December 2003.

Provider: Galaxy Evolution Explorer

Image Source: /image/galex/glx2007-05f_img03

Curator: Galaxy Evolution Explorer

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Image Type
Observation
Object Name
NGC 1291
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Barred
Galaxy > Type > Ring
Galaxy > Type > Spiral

Distance

Universescale2
33,000,000 light years
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glx2007-05f_img03
Subject Category
C.5.1.2.   C.5.1.5.   C.5.1.1.  
Subject Name
NGC 1291
Credits
NASA/JPL-Caltech/CTIO
Release Date
2007-11-14
Lightyears
33,000,000
Redshift
33,000,000
Reference Url
/image/galex/glx2007-05f_img03
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Good
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FITS Header
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Galaxy Evolution Explorer
URL
http://www.galex.caltech.edu
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Galaxy Evolution Explorer
Publisher ID
galex
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/image/galex/glx2007-05f_img03
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Metadata Date
2023-04-12T00:51:08Z
Metadata Version
1.2
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