Constellation region near Arp 194 (ground-based image)
This picture, taken with a small ground-based camera, highlights the part of the northern sky that includes: Ursa Major, Coma Berenices, Canes Venatici and Cepheus. Arp 194 lies within the constellation of Cepheus, just below and to the left of the "foot" of the Great Bear (Ursa Major).
Credit:NASA, ESA Z. Levay and A. Fujii
About the Image
NASA press release
Id: | heic0906b |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 21 April 2009, 15:00 |
Related releases: | heic0906 |
Size: | 8000 x 10000 px |
About the Object
Name: | Arp 194 |
Type: | Milky Way : Sky Phenomenon : Night Sky : Constellation Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Interacting |
Distance: | 600 million light years |
Category: | Galaxies |