Big Galaxy Collisions Can Stunt Star Formation
A deep new image of the Virgo cluster has revealed monumental tendrils of ionized hydrogen gas 400,000 light-years long connecting the elliptical galaxy M86 and the disturbed spiral galaxy NGC 4438.
Credit:Tomer Tal and Jeffrey Kenney/Yale University and NOAO/AURA/NSF
About the Image
| Id: | noaoann08023a |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | Oct. 7, 2008 |
| Related announcements: | noaoann08023 |
| Size: | 851 x 400 px |
About the Object
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Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 12 26 48.22 |
| Position (Dec): | 12° 59' 47.49" |
| Field of view: | 40.95 x 19.25 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 0.0° left of vertical |
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Colors & filters
| Band | Wave-length | Tele-scope |
|---|---|---|
| Optical B | 435 nm | Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope Mosaic I |
| Optical V | 542 nm | Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope Mosaic I |
| Optical R | 665 nm | Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope Mosaic I |
| Optical H-alpha | 656 nm | Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope Mosaic I |