Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Horologium (Hor)  ·  Contains:  NGC 1510  ·  NGC 1512  ·  PGC 548216  ·  PGC 548235  ·  PGC 548236  ·  PGC 548302  ·  PGC 549046  ·  PGC 549388  ·  PGC 549885  ·  PGC 551636
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NGC 1512-1510, a pair of interacting galaxies in Horologium, 



    
        

            José Joaquín Pérez
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NGC 1512-1510, a pair of interacting galaxies in Horologium

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NGC 1512-1510, a pair of interacting galaxies in Horologium, 



    
        

            José Joaquín Pérez
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NGC 1512-1510, a pair of interacting galaxies in Horologium

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Frames:
Astrodon Gen2E Lum: 41×900(10h 15′) -25°C bin 1×1
Astrodon RGB Tru-Balance E-series Gen 2: 75×600(12h 30′) -25°C bin 2×2
Integration:
22h 45′

RA center: 04h03m54s.451

DEC center: -43°2115.11

Pixel scale: 0.592 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: -1.166 degrees

Field radius: 0.261 degrees

More info:Open 

Resolution: 2500x1962

File size: 2.5 MB

Locations: Observatorio El Sauce, Valle del Río Hurtado, Limarí, Chile

Data source: Own remote observatory

Remote source: Observatorio El Sauce

Description

NGC 1512 is a barred spiral galaxy approximately 38 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Horologium. The galaxy displays a double ring structure, with one ring around the galactic nucleus and another further out in the main disk. The galaxy hosts an extended UV disc with at least 200 clusters with recent star formation activity. NGC 1512 is a member of the Dorado Group.

Gravitational tidal forces of NGC 1512 are influencing nearby dwarf lenticular galaxy NGC 1510 (at the middle right of this image). The two galaxies are separated by only ∼5 arcmin (13.8 kpc), and are in the process of a lengthy merger which has been going on for 400 million years. At the end of this process NGC 1512 will have cannibalised its smaller companion.

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NGC 1512-1510, a pair of interacting galaxies in Horologium, 



    
        

            José Joaquín Pérez