Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Columba (Col)  ·  Contains:  HD33351  ·  HD33352  ·  HD33424  ·  NGC 1808  ·  PGC 131395  ·  PGC 16801  ·  PGC 16804  ·  PGC 3098114  ·  PGC 619909  ·  PGC 619917  ·  PGC 620467  ·  PGC 621318  ·  PGC 621751  ·  PGC 621908  ·  PGC 622022  ·  PGC 622127  ·  PGC 622698  ·  PGC 623702  ·  PGC 623779  ·  PGC 623984
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NGC 1808,  Galaxy in Columba, José Joaquín Pérez
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NGC 1808, Galaxy in Columba

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NGC 1808, Galaxy in Columba

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NGC 1808, a warped Seyfert type galaxy in approx. 40 million light-years distance is a typical star-burst galaxy with violent star formation and jets of hydrogen and dust ejected from its active core. Around the very bright core a dim outer shell can be observed.This peculiar shape is evidence that NGC 1808 may have had a close interaction with another nearby galaxy. An interaction that could have hurled gas towards the nucleus of NGC 1808, triggering the exceptionally high rate of star birth (extracted from chart32.de)

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NGC 1808,  Galaxy in Columba, José Joaquín Pérez