Dancing Galaxies NGC 6872 & IC 4970
Image of NGC 6872 (left) and companion galaxy IC 4970 (right) locked in a tango as the two galaxies gravitationally interact. The galaxies lie about 200 million light-years away in the direction of the constellation Pavo (the Peacock). Minimum Credit: Gemini Observatory/AURA/Australian Gemini Office. Full Credit: Gemini Observatory/AURA/Australian Gemini Office, Sydney Girls High School Astronomy Club, Travis Rector (University of Alaska, Anchorage), and Ángel López-Sánchez (Australian Astronomical Observatory/Macquarie University).
Credit:International Gemini Observatory/AURA/Australian Gemini Office
About the Image
Id: | gemini1104a |
Type: | Observation |
Release date: | March 29, 2011, 8 p.m. |
Related releases: | gemini1104 |
Size: | 2048 x 2048 px |
About the Object
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Coordinates
Position (RA): | 20 16 55.89 |
Position (Dec): | -70° 46' 3.34" |
Field of view: | 4.99 x 4.99 arcminutes |
Orientation: | North is 116.1° right of vertical |
Colors & filters
Band | Wave-length | Tele-scope |
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Optical g | 475 nm | Gemini South GMOS-S |
Optical r | 630 nm | Gemini South GMOS-S |
Optical i | 780 nm | Gemini South GMOS-S |