Evropská jižní observatoř

Kategorie: Galaxie, Zpět na celou fotogalerii.

Popis (v anglickém jazyce):

A 30-min VLT/NACO K-band exposure has been combined with archive HST/ACS B and I-band images to produce a three-colour image of the 'Bird' interacting galaxy system. The NACO image has allowed astronomers to not only see the two previously known galaxies, but to identify a third, clearly separate component, an irregular, yet fairly massive galaxy that seems to form stars at a frantic rate. The final colour image was produced by Henri Boffin (ESO).

Odkaz na další informace na www.eso.org (stránka v AJ)