Hubble Interacting Galaxy NGC 6240 (2008-04-24)
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 6240, VV 617 |
Object description | Interacting Galaxies |
Position (J2000) | 16 52 59.10 +02 24 02.6 |
Constellation | Ophiuchus |
Distance | 350 million light-years (100 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) | February 10, 2002 |
Exposure time | 33 minutes |
Filters | F435W (B) and F814W (I) |
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