Ground-based image of Arp 116 and its surroundings
This image from a ground-based telescope shows the galaxy pair Arp 116 (made up of the elliptical galaxy M60 and the spiral galaxy NGC 4647) and its surroundings.
Credit:NASA, ESA, Digitized Sky Survey 2 (Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin)
About the Image
Id: | heic1213b |
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Type: | Observation |
Release date: | 6 September 2012, 15:00 |
Related releases: | heic1419, heic1213 |
Size: | 10550 x 9920 px |
About the Object
Name: | 2002 LM60, AM 0702-601, Arp 116, COSMOS 2607238, M 60, Messier 60, NGC 4647, NGC 4649 |
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Type: | Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Spiral Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Elliptical Local Universe : Galaxy : Grouping : Pair |
Distance: | 50 million light years |
Constellation: | Virgo |
Category: | Galaxies |
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Coordinates
Position (RA): | 12 43 35.76 |
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Position (Dec): | 11° 30' 57.28" |
Field of view: | 176.93 x 166.36 arcminutes |
Orientation: | North is 0.0° left of vertical |
Colours & filters
Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
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Optical B | 479 nm | Digitized Sky Survey 2 |
Optical R | 649 nm | Digitized Sky Survey 2 |
Optical I | 825 nm | Digitized Sky Survey 2 |