File:Galaxy-IC-3418-NASA-JPL-Caltech.jpg
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English: NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer found a tail behind a galaxy called IC 3418. The star-studded tail can be seen on the left, as detected by the space telescope in ultraviolet light. The tail has escaped detection in visible light, as shown by the image on the right, taken by a visible-light telescope on the ground. This tail was created as the galaxy plunged into gas in a family of galaxies known as the Virgo cluster.
The image is a composite of data from the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (far-ultraviolet light is dark blue and near-ultraviolet light is light blue); and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (visible light is colored green and red). |
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| Source | http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpeg/PIA13192.jpg |
| Author | NASA/JPL-Caltech |
Location: right ascension 12h 29m 43.919s; declination +11° 24' 16.87"
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