The interacting galaxy pair NGC 1512 and NGC 1510
The interacting galaxy pair NGC 1512 and NGC 1510 take center stage in this image from the Dark Energy Camera, a state-of-the art wide-field imager on the Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, a Program of NSF’s NOIRLab. NGC 1512 has been in the process of merging with its smaller galactic neighbor for 400 million years, and this drawn-out interaction has ignited waves of star formation and warped both galaxies.
Credit:Dark Energy Survey/DOE/FNAL/DECam/CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
Image processing: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF’s NOIRLab), J. Miller (Gemini Observatory/NSF’s NOIRLab), M. Zamani & D. de Martin (NSF’s NOIRLab)
About the Image
Id: | noirlab2210a |
Type: | Observation |
Release date: | May 3, 2022, 6 a.m. |
Related releases: | noirlab2210 |
Size: | 4662 x 5201 px |
About the Object
Image Formats
Large JPEG
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Publication TIFF 4K
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Publication JPEG
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Screensize JPEG
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Coordinates
Position (RA): | 4 3 54.11 |
Position (Dec): | -43° 22' 0.99" |
Field of view: | 20.43 x 22.80 arcminutes |
Orientation: | North is 0.2° left of vertical |
Colors & filters
Band | Wave-length | Tele-scope |
---|---|---|
Optical g | 477 nm | Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope DECam |
Optical r | 637 nm | Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope DECam |
Optical i | 777 nm | Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope DECam |
Infrared Y | 988 nm | Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope DECam |
Optical z | 915 nm | Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope DECam |