Hubble Interacting Galaxy ESO 550-2
stsci_2008-16az 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 550-2 shows a pair of spiral galaxies, the larger nearly face-on and accompanied by a smaller, highly tilted partner. Tidal interaction from the smaller companion has clearly deformed one arm of the larger galaxy. Strong star formation continues both in the deformed arm and in a ring structure around the galaxy's core. The pair is surrounded by the glow of faintly shining stars and interstellar matter that has been smeared through space by the gravitational effects of the collision and the pull of a third nearby galaxy.
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
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Color Mapping
- ID
- 2008-16az
- Subject Category
- C.5.1.7 C.5.5.2
- Subject Name
- ESO 550-2
- 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
- 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 (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
- 2006-02-26T00:00:00, 2006-02-26T00:00:00
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- H
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 65.3345750, -18.8129180
- Reference Dimension
- 2152.0, 2152.0
- Reference Pixel
- 1077.0, 1077.0
- Scale
- -1.36798e-05, 1.3679801e-05
- Rotation
- 92.07
- 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
- 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-p0816az-f-2152x2152.tif
- Resource URL
- https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p0816az-f-2152x2152.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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