Hubble Interacting Galaxy NGC 3256 (2008-04-24)
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NGC 3256 is an impressive example of a peculiar galaxy that is actually the relict of a collision of two separate galaxies that took place in a distant past. The telltale signs of the collision are two extended luminous tails swirling out from the galaxy. NGC 3256 belongs to the Hydra-Centaurus supercluster complex and provides a nearby template for studying the properties of young star clusters in tidal tails. The system hides a double nucleus and a tangle of dust lanes in the central region. The tails are studded with a particularly high density of star clusters.
This image is part of a large collection of 59 images of merging galaxies taken by the Hubble Space Telescope and released on the occasion of its 18th anniversary on 24th April 2008.
| About the object | |
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| Object name | NGC 3256, VV 065, AM 1025-433 |
| Object description | Interacting Galaxies |
| Position (J2000) | 10 27 51.57 -43 54 13.4 |
| Constellation | Vela |
| Distance | 100 million light-years (50 million parsecs) |
| About the data | |
| Data description | The Hubble image was created using HST data from proposal 10592: A. Evans (University of Virginia, Charlottesville/NRAO/Stony Brook University) |
| Instrument | ACS/WFC |
| Exposure date(s) | November 5, 2001 |
| Exposure time | 35 minutes |
| Filters | F435W (B) and F814W (I) |
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