The Hydra I cluster

Eso_potw2437b_1024

eso_potw2437b September 9th, 2024

Credit: ESO/INAF/M. Spavone, E. Iodice

This image shows a portion of the Hydra I galaxy cluster. Underneath the bright star taking the spotlight in the centre-left of the image, notice the spiral galaxy that looks almost smudged across the screen, spilling its contents into the cosmos around it. This is NGC 3312, a galaxy that is losing gas through a process known as ram pressure stripping. Check the links below for a closer look and an explanation of how this works. Links Closer look on NGC 3312. Explore this image in more detail in this video. Press release by the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw2437b/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, None, Germany

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Image Type
Observation
Object Name
NGC 3312
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Grouping > Cluster
Galaxy > Type > Spiral
Eso_potw2437b_1280
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ID
potw2437b
Subject Category
C.5.5.3   C.5.1.1  
Subject Name
NGC 3312
Credits
ESO/INAF/M. Spavone, E. Iodice
Release Date
2024-09-09T12:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw2437b/
Type
Observation
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Facility
Instrument
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Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
16201.0, 13301.0
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Rotation
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Quality
FITS Header
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Creator (Curator)
European Southern Observatory
URL
https://www.eso.org
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City
Garching bei München
State/Province
None
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID
eso
Resource ID
potw2437b
Resource URL
https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/potw2437b.tif
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Metadata Date
2024-07-11T16:07:24+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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