Detailed view in Eridanus- Spiral galaxies and Molecular cloud.
The field of view here is about 42 arcminutes across and is roughly centred at: RA 5:03:28 Dec - 8:16:48
Just above and in front of the Witch Head nebula is a brown blob! This is a molecular cloud - MDM 22 (Magnani, Blitz and Bunz catalogue 22) [Yellow box].
Infra-red imaging detects early star formation progressing in this dense cloud of gas and dust.
NGC 1752 is a barred spiral galaxy, 147 million LY from us. It is receding at 1.2% light speed.
PGC 16607 is a spiral galaxy, 167 million LY from us. It is receding at 1.2% light speed.
PGC 16669 is much further away at 491 million LY away. It is receding at 3.5% light speed.
Detailed view in Eridanus- Spiral galaxies and Molecular cloud.
The field of view here is about 42 arcminutes across and is roughly centred at: RA 5:03:28 Dec - 8:16:48
Just above and in front of the Witch Head nebula is a brown blob! This is a molecular cloud - MDM 22 (Magnani, Blitz and Bunz catalogue 22) [Yellow box].
Infra-red imaging detects early star formation progressing in this dense cloud of gas and dust.
NGC 1752 is a barred spiral galaxy, 147 million LY from us. It is receding at 1.2% light speed.
PGC 16607 is a spiral galaxy, 167 million LY from us. It is receding at 1.2% light speed.
PGC 16669 is much further away at 491 million LY away. It is receding at 3.5% light speed.