Wide-field view of the region around the Antennae Galaxies
This image is a wide-field colour composite of region of sky around the Antennae Galaxies made from exposures from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2). The field of view is 2.8 x 2.8 degrees.
Credit:ESA/Hubble and Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgements: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble)
About the Image
Id: | eso1137f |
Type: | Observation |
Release date: | 3 October 2011, 11:30 |
Related releases: | eso1137 |
Size: | 10208 x 10356 px |
About the Object
Name: | Antennae Galaxies, NGC 4038, NGC 4039 |
Type: | Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Interacting |
Distance: | 75 million light years |
Constellation: | Corvus |
Category: | Galaxies |
Image Formats
Large JPEG
20.5 MB
Publication TIFF 4K
18.9 MB
Publication JPEG
3.6 MB
Screensize JPEG
374.4 KB
Wallpapers
1024x768
271.1 KB
1280x1024
442.8 KB
1600x1200
628.7 KB
1920x1200
732.4 KB
2048x1536
980.4 KB
Coordinates
Position (RA): | 12 1 52.55 |
Position (Dec): | -18° 52' 2.96" |
Field of view: | 171.34 x 173.82 arcminutes |
Orientation: | North is 0.3° left of vertical |
Colours & filters
Band | Telescope |
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Digitized Sky Survey 2 |