Hubble Interacting Galaxy CGCG 436-030

stsci_2008-16ar April 25th, 2008

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

CGCG 436-030, the eye-catching spiral galaxy in the image, shows a very pronounced curling tail. The companion galaxy, located to the bottom-right of the image, displays an intricate structure, including a number of trails that extend quite far out from its core. The bright star that appears between the two galaxies does not belong to the interacting system and is located within the Milky Way. CGCG 436-030 is located in the constellation of Pisces, the Fish, about 400 million light-years away.

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: CGCG 436-030
Subject - Local Universe: Galaxy > Type > Interacting; Galaxy > Grouping > Multiple

Distance

400,000,000 light years

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 1h 20m 4.9s; DEC = 14° 21’ 43.6”
Orientation: North is 116.0° CCW
Field of View: 2.5 x 2.5 arcminutes
Constellation: Pisces

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Hubble (ACS)	Optical (B)	435.0 nm
	Hubble (ACS)	Optical (I)	814.0 nm
HSC:Galaxies > Interacting;August 26, 2005

ID: 2008-16ar
Subject Category: C.5.1.7 C.5.5.2
Subject Name: CGCG 436-030
Credits: NASA, ESA, and 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
Lightyears: 400,000,000
Redshift: 400,000,000
Reference Url: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2008/news-2008-16

Type: Observation
Image Quality: Good
Distance Notes: 400 million light-years (100 million parsecs)

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

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

Start Time: 2005-08-26T00:00:00, 2005-08-26T00:00:00
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes: H

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 20.0206243, 14.3621246
Reference Dimension: 2948.0, 2948.0

Reference Pixel: 1475.0, 1475.0
Scale: -1.38629e-05, 1.3862919e-05
Rotation: 116.04
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

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

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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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400,000,000 light years