File:On the verge NGC 4485.jpg
Original file (3,213 × 2,836 pixels, file size: 3.17 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
Captions
Summary edit
DescriptionOn the verge NGC 4485.jpg |
English: NGC 4485 has been involved in a dramatic gravitational interplay with its larger galactic neighbour NGC 4490 — out of frame to the bottom right in this image. This ruined the original, ordered spiral structure of the galaxy and transformed it into an irregular one.
The interaction also created a stream of material about 25 000 light-years long, connecting the two galaxies. The stream, visible to the right of the galaxy is made up of bright knots and huge pockets of gassy regions, as well as enormous regions of star formation in which young, massive, blue stars are born. Below NGC 4485 one can see a bright, orange background galaxy: CXOU J123033.6+414057. This galaxy is the source of X-ray radiation studied by the Chandra X-ray Observatory. It’s distance from Earth is about 850 million light-years. |
Date | |
Source | https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1910a/ |
Author |
ESA/Hubble, NASA
|
Licensing edit
ESA/Hubble images, videos and web texts are released by the ESA under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license and may on a non-exclusive basis be reproduced without fee provided they are clearly and visibly credited. Detailed conditions are below; see the ESA copyright statement for full information. For images created by NASA or on the hubblesite.org website, or for ESA/Hubble images on the esahubble.org site before 2009, use the {{PD-Hubble}} tag.
Conditions:
Notes:
|
- You are free:
- to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
- to remix – to adapt the work
- Under the following conditions:
- attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
File history
Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
current | 20:23, 16 May 2019 | 3,213 × 2,836 (3.17 MB) | Jmencisom (talk | contribs) | User created page with UploadWizard |
You cannot overwrite this file.
File usage on Commons
The following 3 pages use this file:
- Commons:WikiProject Aviation/recent uploads/2019 May 16
- File:On the verge (46946522005).jpg (file redirect)
- File:On the verge (46948487295).jpg (file redirect)
File usage on other wikis
The following other wikis use this file:
Metadata
This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.
Credit/Provider | ESA/Hubble, NASA |
---|---|
Source | ESA/Hubble |
Short title |
|
Image title |
|
Usage terms |
|
Date and time of data generation | 16:00, 16 May 2019 |
Keywords | NGC 4485 |
Contact information |
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2 Garching bei München, None, D-85748 Germany |
IIM version | 4 |