IC 5298
This is a beautiful face-on spiral galaxy with two long arms extending from the central bulge and curving back amongst the scattered stars, gas and dust. A nearby smaller companion is linked by a bridge of matter to the principal galaxy in an interaction reminiscent of the famous Whirlpool Galaxy, M51. There is also a third faint, irregular galaxy, visible at the top of the image that is also linked by a bridge of matter and probably involved in the interaction.
This image is part of a large collection of 59 images of merging galaxies taken by the Hubble Space Telescope and released on the occasion of its 18th anniversary on 24th April 2008.
Credit:NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration and A. Evans (University of Virginia, Charlottesville/NRAO/Stony Brook University)
About the Image
Id: | heic0810az |
Type: | Observation |
Release date: | 24 April 2008, 15:00 |
Related releases: | heic0810 |
Size: | 3169 x 3169 px |
About the Object
Name: | IC 5298 |
Type: | Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Interacting |
Distance: | 350 million light years |
Constellation: | Pegasus |
Category: | Anniversary Galaxies |
Coordinates
Position (RA): | 23 16 0.82 |
Position (Dec): | 25° 33' 19.96" |
Field of view: | 2.64 x 2.64 arcminutes |
Orientation: | North is 57.5° left of vertical |
Colours & filters
Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
---|---|---|
Optical B | 435 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |
Optical Pseudogreen (B+I) |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS | |
Infrared I | 814 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |