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

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

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

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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RA (center)	04h03m54s.451
RA (top/left)	04h05m01s.330
RA (top/right)	04h02m45s.780
RA (bottom/right)	04h02m47s.537
RA (bottom/left)	04h05m03s.573

Dec (center)	-43°21′15″.11
Dec (top/left)	-43°11′18″.10
Dec (top/right)	-43°11′48″.22
Dec (bottom/right)	-43°31′09″.19
Dec (bottom/left)	-43°30′39″.23

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