NGC 5331
NGC 5331 is a pair of interacting galaxies beginning to "link arms". There is a blue trail which appears in the image flowing to the right of the system. NGC 5331 is very bright in the infrared, with about a hundred billion times the luminosity of the Sun. It is located in the constellation Virgo, the Maiden, about 450 million light-years away from Earth.
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: | heic0810bo |
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| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 24 April 2008, 15:00 |
| Related releases: | heic0810 |
| Size: | 3134 x 3134 px |
About the Object
| Name: | NGC 5331 |
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| Type: | Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Interacting |
| Distance: | 450 million light years |
| Constellation: | Virgo |
| Category: | Anniversary Galaxies |
Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 13 52 16.07 |
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| Position (Dec): | 2° 6' 17.78" |
| Field of view: | 2.62 x 2.62 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 26.0° right of vertical |
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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 |