Hubble view of NGC 922
An almost complete circle of bright pink nebulae skirts around a spiral galaxy in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 922. The ring structure and the galaxy’s distorted spiral shape result from a smaller galaxy scoring a cosmic bullseye, hitting the centre of NGC 922 some 330 million years ago.
Credit:
NASA, ESA
About the Image
| Id: | heic1218a |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 6 December 2012, 15:00 |
| Related releases: | heic1218 |
| Size: | 3291 x 3291 px |
About the Object
| Name: | NGC 922 |
| Type: | • Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Ring • Galaxies Images/Videos |
| Distance: | 150 million light years |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Optical R |
621 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFC3 |
| Optical redshifted H-alpha + [N II] |
665 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFC3 |
| Infrared I |
814 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
| Optical V |
547 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
| Optical B |
439 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
