Trio of Galaxies (NGC 5981, NGC 5982 and NGC 5985)
This image was obtained with the wide-field view of the Mosaic camera on the Mayall 4-meter telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory. The edge-on galaxy NGC 5981 (top), the elliptical galaxy NGC 5982 (middle) and the spiral galaxy NGC 5985 (bottom) form a distinct trio. It is not clear if or when these galaxies might merge with each other. But there is already evidence that NGC 5982 has already merged with one or more smaller galaxies in the recent past. The image was generated with observations in the B (blue), V (green), and I (red) filters. In this image, North is left, East is down.
Credit:T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage) and H. Schweiker (WIYN and NOIRLab/NSF/AURA)
About the Image
Id: | noao-ngc5982 |
Type: | Observation |
Release date: | June 30, 2020, 9:33 p.m. |
Size: | 3220 x 4781 px |
About the Object
Image Formats
Large JPEG
2.1 MB
Publication TIFF 4K
16.9 MB
Publication JPEG
1.3 MB
Screensize JPEG
186.1 KB
Wallpapers
1024x768
120.8 KB
1280x1024
179.3 KB
1600x1200
245.9 KB
1920x1200
293.0 KB
2048x1536
3.2 MB
Coordinates
Position (RA): | 15 38 59.70 |
Position (Dec): | 59° 18' 1.43" |
Field of view: | 13.99 x 20.68 arcminutes |
Orientation: | North is 179.9° left of vertical |
Colors & filters
Band | Wave-length | Tele-scope |
---|---|---|
Optical B | 436 nm | Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope Mosaic I |
Optical V | 537 nm | Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope Mosaic I |
Optical I | 805 nm | Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope Mosaic I |