Hubble Interacting Galaxy ESO 239-2

stsci_2008-16av 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 239-2 is most likely the result of a cosmic collision or a lengthy merger process that will eventually result in an elliptical galaxy. The messy intermediate stage, captured here, is a galaxy with long, tangled tidal tails that envelope the galaxy's core.

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Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2008/news-2008-16

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: ESO 239-2
Subject - Local Universe: Galaxy > Type > Interacting; Galaxy > Grouping > Multiple

Distance

550,000,000 light years

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 22h 49m 40.0s; DEC = -48° 50’ 59.7”
Orientation: North is 70.0° CCW
Field of View: 2.7 x 2.7 arcminutes
Constellation: Grus

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Hubble (ACS)	Optical (B)	435.0 nm
	Hubble (ACS)	Optical (I)	814.0 nm
HSC:Galaxies > Interacting; July 16, 2006 and May 3, 2006

ID: 2008-16av
Subject Category: C.5.1.7 C.5.5.2
Subject Name: ESO 239-2
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
Lightyears: 550,000,000
Redshift: 550,000,000
Reference Url: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2008/news-2008-16

Type: Observation
Image Quality: Good
Distance Notes: 550 million light-years (150 million parsecs)

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

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

Start Time: 2006-07-16T00:00:00, 2006-05-03T00:00:00
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes: H

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 342.4165618, -48.8499209
Reference Dimension: 3253.0, 3253.0

Reference Pixel: 1627.5, 1627.5
Scale: -1.38344e-05, 1.3834366e-05
Rotation: 70.02
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

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

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Resource ID: STSCI-H-p0816av-f-3253x3253.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

Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

550,000,000 light years