The merging galaxy pair NGC 4568 and NGC 4567
This image from the Gemini North telescope in Hawai‘i reveals a pair of interacting spiral galaxies — NGC 4568 (bottom) and NGC 4567 (top) — as they begin to clash and merge. The galaxies will eventually form a single elliptical galaxy in around 500 million years.
Credit:International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
Image processing: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF NOIRLab), J. Miller (Gemini Observatory/NSF NOIRLab), M. Zamani (NSF’s NOIRLab) & D. de Martin (NSF’s NOIRLab)
About the Image
| Id: | noirlab2219a |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | Aug. 9, 2022, 11 a.m. |
| Related releases: | noirlab2219 |
| Size: | 2134 x 1944 px |
About the Object
| Name: | NGC 4567, NGC 4568, SN 2020fqv |
| Constellation: | Virgo |
| Category: | Galaxies |
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Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 12 36 33.26 |
| Position (Dec): | 11° 14' 30.08" |
| Field of view: | 5.76 x 5.24 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 89.0° left of vertical |
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Colors & filters
| Band | Wave-length | Tele-scope |
|---|---|---|
| Optical g | 475 nm | Gemini North GMOS-N |
| Optical r | 630 nm | Gemini North GMOS-N |
| Optical i | 780 nm | Gemini North GMOS-N |
| Optical H-alpha | 656 nm | Gemini North GMOS-N |