Technical facts about this news release:
| About the Object |
| Object Name: |
NGC 2207 and IC 2163 |
| Object Description:
|
Merging Galaxies |
| Position (J2000):
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R.A. 06h 16m 24.9s
Dec. -21° 22' 26" |
| Constellation:
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Canis Major |
| Distance: |
35 Mpc (114 million light-years) |
| Diameters: |
NGC 2207 has a diameter of 143,000 light-years (44 kpc or 4').
IC 2163 has a diameter of 101,000 light-years (31 kpc or 3'). |
| Dimensions: |
The image is 2.5 arcminutes on the vertical side.
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| About the Data |
| Instrument: |
WFPC2 |
| Exposure Dates:
|
May 25, 1996; November 11, 1998 |
| Exposure Time:
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4.5 hours |
| Filters:
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F336W(U), F439W(B), F555W(V), F814W(I) |
| Principal Astronomers:
|
D.M. Elmegreen (Vassar College), B.G. Elmegreen (IBM Research
Division), M. Kaufman (Ohio State University), E. Brinks (Universidad
de Guanajuato, Mexico), C.Struck (Iowa State University), M. Thomasson
(Onsala Space Observatory, Sweden), M. Sundin (Götenborg University,
Sweden), M. Klaric (Columbia, SC)
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| About the Image |
| Image
Credit: |
NASA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) |
| Release
Date: |
November 4, 1999 1:00 am EST |
| Orientation:
|
North is toward the bottom of the image. |
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