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NGC 1614, captured here by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, is an eccentrically-shaped galaxy ablaze with activity. The galaxy resides about 200 million light-years from Earth and is nestled in the southern constellation of Eridanus (The River). NGC 1614 is the result of a past galactic merger which created its peculiar appearance. The cosmic collision also drove a turbulent flow of interstellar gas from the smaller of the two galaxies involved into the nucleus of the larger one, resulting in a burst of star formation which started in the core and slowly spread outwards through the galaxy. Owing to its turbulent past and its current appearance, astronomers classify NGC 1614 as a peculiar galaxy, a starburst galaxy, and a luminous infrared galaxy. Luminous infrared galaxies are among the most luminous objects in the local Universe — and NGC 1614 is, in fact, the second most luminous galaxy within 250 million light-years. Credits: ESA/Hubble & NASA, A. Adamo; CC BY 4.0 |
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Author | European Space Agency |
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Date and time of data generation | 06:00, 10 August 2020 |
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Publisher | ESA/Hubble |
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Credit/Provider | ESA/Hubble&NASA, A. Adamo |
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JPEG file comment | NGC 1614, captured here by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, is an eccentrically-shaped galaxy ablaze with activity. The galaxy resides about 200 million light-years from Earth and is nestled in the southern constellation of Eridanus (The River). NGC 1614 is the result of a past galactic merger which created its peculiar appearance. The cosmic collision also drove a turbulent flow of interstellar gas from the smaller of the two galaxies involved into the nucleus of the larger one, resulting in a burst of star formation which started in the core and slowly spread outwards through the galaxy. Owing to its turbulent past and its current appearance, astronomers classify NGC 1614 as a peculiar galaxy, a starburst galaxy, and a luminous infrared galaxy. Luminous infrared galaxies are among the most luminous objects in the local Universe — and NGC 1614 is, in fact, the second most luminous galaxy within 250 million light-years. |
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Horizontal resolution | 72 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 72 dpi |
Software used | Adobe Photoshop CC (Windows) |
File change date and time | 09:49, 17 December 2018 |
Y and C positioning | Centered |
Exif version | 2.32 |
Date and time of digitizing | 12:26, 4 March 2017 |
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Keywords | NGC 1614 |
Type of media | Observation |
Date metadata was last modified | 10:49, 17 December 2018 |
Unique ID of original document | xmp.did:80f7fa2d-4ed9-614e-8160-9e473d42bb88 |