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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 • X - Galaxies |
| Distance: | 75 million light years |
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