Zooming into galaxy group HCG 16
This video zooms in from a view of the night sky, through the constellation of Cetus (The Sea Monster), to end on new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope observations of galaxy group HCG 16.
This quartet is composed of (from left to right) NGC 839, NGC 838, NGC 835, and NGC 833 — four of the seven galaxies that make up the entire group.
The final image uses observations from Hubble’s Wide Field Planetary Camera 2, combined with data from the ESO Multi-Mode Instrument installed on the European Southern Observatory’s New Technology Telescope in Chile.
Credit:About the Video
| Id: | heic1514a |
| Release date: | 18 June 2015, 15:00 |
| Related releases: | heic1514 |
| Duration: | 50 s |
| Frame rate: | 30 fps |
About the Object
| Name: | HCG 16, NGC 833, NGC 835, NGC 838, NGC 839 |
| Type: | Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Interacting Local Universe : Galaxy : Activity : AGN : Liner Local Universe : Galaxy : Activity : Starburst Local Universe : Galaxy : Grouping : Cluster Local Universe : Galaxy : Activity : AGN : Seyfert |
| Category: | Galaxies |
