Fireworks near galaxy NGC 4151 (STIS optical)
In this STIS spectral image of the oxygen gas, the velocities of the knots are determined by comparing the knots of gas in the stationary WFPC2 image to the horizontal location of the knots in the STIS image.
Credit:About the Image
About the Object
| Name: | IRAS 12080+3941, NGC 4151 |
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| Type: | Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Spiral Local Universe : Galaxy : Activity : AGN : Seyfert |
| Distance: | 40 million light years |
| Category: | Cosmology Quasars and Black Holes |
Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
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| Optical |
Hubble Space Telescope
STIS |