Planetary nebulae in galaxy Messier 87
The red and blue dots mark the position of the planetary nebulae whose motion revealed that Messier 87 has recently been struck by another, smaller galaxy, which has now fully merged with it. Those marked in red are moving away from us, and the blue ones toward us with respect to the galaxy as a whole.
Credit:A. Longobardi (Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik)/C. Mihos (Case Western Reserve University)/ESO
About the Image
| Id: | eso1525b |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 25 June 2015, 12:00 |
| Related releases: | eso1525 |
| Size: | 4001 x 4000 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Messier 87 |
| Type: | Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Elliptical Local Universe : Nebula : Type : Planetary |
| Distance: | 50 million light years |
| Constellation: | Virgo |
| Category: | Galaxies Nebulae |
Image Formats
Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 12 30 49.27 |
| Position (Dec): | 12° 23' 27.89" |
| Field of view: | 96.66 x 96.63 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 0.0° right of vertical |
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