Spiral galaxy NGC 1232

The striking, large spiral galaxy NGC 1232, and its distorted companion shaped like the greek letter "theta".

The pair is located roughly 60 million light-years away in the constellation Eridanus (The River). Billions of stars and dark dust are caught up in this beautiful gravitational swirl. The blue spiral arms with their many young stars and star-forming regions make a striking contrast with the yellow-reddish core of older stars.

This image is based on data acquired with the 1.5 m Danish telescope at the ESO La Silla Observatory in Chile, through three filters (B: 900 s, V: 400 s, R: 400 s).

Credit:

ESO/IDA/Danish 1.5 m/R.Gendler and A. Hornstrup.

Over de afbeelding

Id:ngc1232b
Type:Observatie
Publicatiedatum:3 december 2009 23:18
Grootte:2057 x 2025 px

Over het object

Naam:NGC 1232
Type:Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Spiral
Afstand:60 miljoen lichtjaren
Constellation:Eridanus
Categorie:Galaxies

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Coordinates

Position (RA):3 9 52.34
Position (Dec):-20° 34' 21.93"
Field of view:13.55 x 13.34 arcminutes
Orientation:North is 45.0° right of vertical

Kleuren & filters

BandTelescoop
Optisch
B
Danish 1.54-metre telescope
Optisch
V
Danish 1.54-metre telescope
Optisch
R
Danish 1.54-metre telescope