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[edit]DescriptionNGC 4038 Antenna Galaxy (gemini-2013-saaa-legacy).jpg |
English: This near-infrared image obtained with GeMS adaptive optics system reveals remarkable, colorful details in NGC 4038, one of the components of the Antennae Galaxies (NGC 4038/NGC 4039). This starburst system, only about 10.5 million light-years distant, harbors a rich population of massive young clusters, whose formation has been triggered by the interaction of the two galaxies. |
Date | 30 June 2020, 21:55:00 (upload date) |
Source | NGC 4038 Antenna Galaxy |
Author | International Gemini Observatory, Rodrigo Carrasco (Gemini), GeMS System Verification Team and T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage) |
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Author | Gemini Observatory/AURA |
Credit/Provider | International Gemini Observatory, Rodrigo Carrasco (Gemini), GeMS System Verification Team and T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage) |
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City shown | La Serena |
Date and time of data generation | 21:55, 30 June 2020 |
JPEG file comment | Antennae Galaxy: This single pointing, three-band, near-infrared image (right), obtained with Gemini South’s GeMS/GSAOI reveals remarkable, colorful details in the Antennae Galaxy (NGC 4038/NGC 4039) despite a short total exposure time. The Antennae galaxy duo are probably the most recognized pair of interacting disk galaxies in the sky. The popular name comes from the resemblance of their tidal tails to the antennae of an insect, as seen in the wide-field images, such as the Hubble Space Telescope backdrop in the accompanying figure. The starburst system, only about 10.5 million light-years distant, harbors a rich population of massive young clusters, whose formation has been triggered by the interaction. Considered to be globular cluster progenitors, these objects are resolved in remarkable clarity in the GeMS image of NGC 4039. “The exquisite data provided by GeMS/GSAOI allows us to differentiate compact star clusters from individual stars, study their integrated-light properties, and set constraints on the underlying stellar populations,” says Gemini South staff astronomer Rodrigo Carrasco who suggested this target for the System Verification process. “This gives us the ability to extend the study of the cluster luminosity and mass function to much fainter objects. The Antennae illustrate the possible future of our Milky Way when it collides with the Andromeda galaxy millions of years from now.” Image data from Rodrigo Carrasco, GeMS System Verification Team, Gemini Observatory. Color composite image by Travis Rector, University of Alaska Anchorage. |
Software used | Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Macintosh) |
File change date and time | 11:13, 12 June 2013 |
Date and time of digitizing | 13:42, 8 February 2013 |
Date metadata was last modified | 02:49, 25 June 2013 |
Unique ID of original document | xmp.did:F77F1174072068118083DF9F1D9830FD |
Type of item | Science & Technology |
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Keywords | NGC 4038 |
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Country shown | Chile |
Province or state shown | Region 4 |
Sublocation of city shown | Cerro Pachón |
Code for country shown | CL |
IIM version | 4 |