The area around merging galaxy duo Arp 142 (ground-based image)
This image from the Digitized Sky Survey shows the area around a pair of merging galaxies known as Arp 142 in the constellation of Hydra. This pair is made up of once-spiral galaxy NGC 2936, and elliptical galaxy NGC 2937.
Credit:NASA, ESA, Digitized Sky Survey 2
About the Image
| Id: | heic1311b |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 20 June 2013, 18:00 |
| Related releases: | heic1311 |
| Size: | 5191 x 5616 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Arp 142, NGC 2936, NGC 2937 |
| Type: | Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Interacting |
| Distance: | 400 million light years |
| Constellation: | Hydra |
| Category: | Galaxies |
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Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 9 37 43.84 |
| Position (Dec): | 2° 45' 29.45" |
| Field of view: | 87.16 x 94.29 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 0.2° left of vertical |
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