Wide-field view of the area around NGC 922 (ground-based image)
This image from a ground-based telescope shows the region around NGC 922, a galaxy with a bright ring of nebulae caused by a collision with another, smaller galaxy, which passed straight through NGC 922. This smaller galaxy, called 2MASXI J0224301-244443 is visible as a small blob to the right of NGC 922, the bright galaxy in the centre of the field. The orange line crossing the image is a satellite passing above the telescope during the observations.
Credit:
NASA, ESA, Digitized Sky Survey 2 (Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin)
About the Image
| Id: | heic1218c |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 3 December 2012, 17:42 |
| Related releases: | heic1218 |
| Size: | 10656 x 10359 px |
About the Object
| Name: | NGC 922 |
| Type: | • Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Ring • Galaxies Images/Videos |
| Distance: | 150 million light years |
Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
| Optical B |
DSS |
| Optical R |
DSS |
| Infrared I |
DSS |
