File:NGC1614 - HST - Potw2032a.tif
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English: Ring of Stellar Wildfire
Ring of Stellar Wildfire NGC 1614, captured here by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, is an eccentrically-shaped galaxy ablaze with activity. The galaxy resides about 200 million light-years from Earth and is nestled in the southern constellation of Eridanus (The River). NGC 1614 is the result of a past galactic merger which created its peculiar appearance. The cosmic collision also drove a turbulent flow of interstellar gas from the smaller of the two galaxies involved into the nucleus of the larger one, resulting in a burst of star formation which started in the core and slowly spread outwards through the galaxy. Owing to its turbulent past and its current appearance, astronomers classify NGC 1614 as a peculiar galaxy, a starburst galaxy, and a luminous infrared galaxy. Luminous infrared galaxies are among the most luminous objects in the local Universe — and NGC 1614 is, in fact, the second most luminous galaxy within 250 million light-years. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, A. Adamo
CoordinatesPosition Position (RA): 4 34 0.05 Position (Dec): -8° 34' 50.27" Field of view: 2.23 x 2.20 arcminutes Orientation: North is 117.2° left of vertical
Colours & filters Band Wavelength Telescope Optical B 435 nm Hubble Space Telescope ACS Optical V 555 nm Hubble Space Telescope WFC3 Optical I 814 nm Hubble Space Telescope ACS Optical Redshifted H-alpha + N II 665 nm Hubble Space Telescope WFC3. |
| Date | 10 August 2020, 06:00 (Release) |
| Source | https://spacetelescope.org/images/potw2032a/ |
| Author | Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, A. Adamo |
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