Hubble Interacting Galaxy ESO 507-70

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stsci_2008-16ay 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 507-70 is an odd-looking galaxy that is probably the remnant of an earlier merger process. It is a chaotic swirl of gas, dust and stars with no sign of the conjectured original spiral or elliptical structure, now lost and distorted beyond recognition in a gravitational encounter with another galaxy. ESO 507-70 is some 300 million light-years away from Earth toward the constellation of Hydra, the Water Snake.

Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute

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

Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
ESO 507-70
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Interacting
Galaxy > Grouping > Multiple

Distance Details Distance

Universescale3
300,000,000 light years
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Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 13h 2m 52.9s
DEC = -23° 55’ 25.1”
Orientation
North is 51.5° CCW
Field of View
2.6 x 2.6 arcminutes
Constellation
Hydra

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Cyan Hubble (ACS) Optical (B) 435.0 nm
Yellow Hubble (ACS) Optical (I) 814.0 nm
HSC:Galaxies > Interacting
Spectrum_base
Cyan
Yellow
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ID
2008-16ay
Subject Category
C.5.1.7   C.5.5.2  
Subject Name
ESO 507-70
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
300,000,000
Redshift
300,000,000
Reference Url
https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2008/news-2008-16
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Good
Distance Notes
300 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
2006-02-26T00:00:00, 2006-02-26T00:00:00
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
H
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
195.7202545, -23.9236442
Reference Dimension
3092.0, 3092.0
Reference Pixel
1547.0, 1547.0
Scale
-1.38444e-05, 1.3844374e-05
Rotation
51.54
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
WCS retrieved using CXCs PinpointWCS
Creator (Curator)
STScI
URL
http://hubblesite.org
Name
Space Telescope Science Institute Office of Public Outreach
Email
outreach@stsci.edu
Telephone
410-338-4444
Address
3700 San Martin Drive
City
Baltimore
State/Province
MD
Postal Code
21218
Country
USA
Rights
http://hubblesite.org/copyright/
Publisher
STScI
Publisher ID
stsci
Resource ID
STSCI-H-p0816ay-f-3092x3092.tif
Resource URL
https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p0816ay-f-3092x3092.tif
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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