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NGC 1132 – Chandra X-Ray Observatory/Hubble Space Telescope Compass Image

This image of the elliptical galaxy NGC 1132 combines an image from NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory obtained in 2004 with images from the Hubble Space Telescope made in 2005 and 2006 in green and near-infrared light. The blue/purple in the image is the X-ray glow from hot, diffuse gas. The giant foreground galaxy, numerous dwarf galaxies in its neighborhood, and many much more distant galaxies in the background are seen in visible light.

About the Object

R.A. Position
R.A. PositionRight ascension – analogous to longitude – is one component of an object's position.
02h 52m 51.71s
Dec. Position
Dec. PositionDeclination – analogous to latitude – is one component of an object's position.
-1° 16' 10.9"
Constellation
ConstellationOne of 88 recognized regions of the celestial sphere in which the object appears.
Eridanus
Distance
DistanceThe physical distance from Earth to the astronomical object. Distances within our solar system are usually measured in Astronomical Units (AU). Distances between stars are usually measured in light-years. Interstellar distances can also be measured in parsecs.
318 million light-years or 97 megaparsecs

About the Data

Data Description
Data DescriptionProposal: A description of the observations, their scientific justification, and the links to the data available in the science archive.
Science Team: The astronomers who planned the observations and analyzed the data. "PI" refers to the Principal Investigator.
The HST data used to create this image is from proposal 10558: M. West (European Organization for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere (ESO)), M. Gregg (University of California, Davis), P. Cote (Dominion Astrophysical Observatory), S. van den Bergh (Dominion Astrophysical Observatory), and M. Drinkwater (University of Queensland).
Instrument
InstrumentThe science instrument used to produce the data.
CXO and HST>ACS/WFC
Exposure Dates
Exposure DatesThe date(s) that the telescope made its observations and the total exposure time.
2004 (CXO), 2005 and 2006 (HST)
Filters
FiltersThe camera filters that were used in the science observations.
HST: F475W (g), F475W (g), and F850LP (z) CXO: X-ray

Object Name
Object NameA name or catalog number that astronomers use to identify an astronomical object.
NGC 1132
Object Description
Object DescriptionThe type of astronomical object.
Elliptical Galaxy
Release Date
February 5, 2008
Science Release
Isolated Galaxy or Corporate Merger? Hubble Spies NGC 1132
Read the release
Credit
NASA, ESA, M. West (ESO, Chile), and CXC/Penn State University/G. Garmire, et al.

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Violet (CXO): X-ray Green: F475W (g) + F850LP (z) Red: F850LP (z)

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Elliptical Galaxy NGC 1132 - Hubble

The elliptical galaxy NGC 1132 reveals the final result of what may have been a group of galaxies that merged together in the recent past. Another possibility is that the galaxy formed in isolation as a "lone wolf" in a universe ablaze with galaxy groups and clusters. NGC 1132...