Hubble Interacting Galaxy ESO 593-8

stsci_2008-16af April 25th, 2008

Credit: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration, and A. Evans (University of Virginia, Charlottesville/NRAO/Stony Brook University)

ESO 593-8 is an impressive pair of interacting galaxies with a feather-like galaxy crossing a companion galaxy. The two components will probably merge to form a single galaxy in the future. The pair is adorned with a number of bright blue star clusters. ESO 593-8 is located in the constellation of Sagittarius, the Archer, some 650 million light-years away from Earth.

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Image Type: Observation
Object Name: ESO 593-8
Subject - Local Universe: Galaxy > Type > Interacting; Galaxy > Grouping > Multiple

Distance

650,000,000 light years

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 19h 14m 31.6s; DEC = -21° 19’ 7.4”
Orientation: North is 97.0° CCW
Field of View: 2.2 x 2.2 arcminutes
Constellation: Sagittarius

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Hubble (ACS)	Optical (B)	435.0 nm
	Hubble (ACS)	Optical (I)	814.0 nm
HSC:Galaxies > Interacting

ID: 2008-16af
Subject Category: C.5.1.7 C.5.5.2
Subject Name: ESO 593-8
Credits: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration, and A. Evans (University of Virginia, Charlottesville/NRAO/Stony Brook University)

Release Date: 2008-04-25T00:00:00+00:00
Lightyears: 650,000,000
Redshift: 650,000,000
Reference Url: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2008/news-2008-16

Type: Observation
Image Quality: Good
Distance Notes: 650 million light-years (200 million parsecs)

Facility: Hubble, Hubble
Instrument: ACS, ACS
Color Assignment: Cyan, Yellow

Band: Optical, Optical
Bandpass: B, I
Central Wavelength: 435, 814

Start Time: 2006-03-20T00:00:00, 2006-03-20T00:00:00
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes: H

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 288.6314753, -21.3187280
Reference Dimension: 2712.0, 2712.0

Reference Pixel: 1357.0, 1357.0
Scale: -1.38127e-05, 1.3812682e-05
Rotation: 97
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
FITS Header
Notes: WCS retrieved using CXCs PinpointWCS

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Resource ID: STSCI-H-p0816af-f-2712x2712.tif

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Related Resources: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2008/16

Metadata Date: 2022-07-06T00:00:00
Metadata Version: 1.2

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650,000,000 light years