Galaxy Silhouettes
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a rare alignment between two spiral galaxies. The outer rim of a small, foreground galaxy is silhouetted in front of a larger background galaxy. Skeletal tentacles of dust can be seen extending beyond the small galaxy's disk of starlight. From ground-based telescopes, the two galaxies look like a single blob. But the Advanced Camera's sharp "eye" distinguished the blob as two galaxies, cataloged as 2MASX J00482185-2507365. The images were taken on 19 September, 2006.
Credit:NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
About the Image
About the Object
| Name: | 2MASX J00482185-2507365, LEDA 198197 |
| Type: | Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Spiral |
| Distance: | 800 million light years |
| Constellation: | Sculptor |
| Category: | Galaxies |
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Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 0 48 21.70 |
| Position (Dec): | -25° 7' 38.68" |
| Field of view: | 0.79 x 0.78 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 0.5° right of vertical |
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Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
|---|---|---|
| Optical V | 475 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |
| Optical V | 606 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |
| Infrared I | 814 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |