NGC 1512 and NGC 1510
This composite image, created out of two different pointings from Hubble, shows the barred spiral galaxy NGC 1512 (left) and the dwarf galaxy NGC 1510 (right). Both galaxies are about 30 million light-years away from Earth and currently in the process of merging. At the end of this process NGC 1512 will have cannibalised its smaller companion.
Credit:ESA/Hubble, NASA
About the Image
| Id: | heic1712a |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 27 July 2017, 14:00 |
| Related releases: | heic1712 |
| Size: | 11423 x 4177 px |
About the Object
| Name: | ngc 1510, NGC 1512 |
| Type: | Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Interacting Local Universe : Galaxy : Size : Dwarf Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Barred |
| Distance: | 30 million light years |
| Constellation: | Horologium |
| Category: | Galaxies |
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Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 4 3 44.87 |
| Position (Dec): | -43° 22' 13.75" |
| Field of view: | 7.54 x 2.76 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 37.5° left of vertical |
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Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
|---|---|---|
| Optical u | 336 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFC3 |
| Ultraviolet UV | 275 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFC3 |
| Optical B | 438 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFC3 |
| Optical V | 555 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFC3 |
| Optical I | 814 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFC3 |