by Case » Sat Mar 08, 2008 6:04 pm
ericks wrote:...a description and better images?
They are quite small (~14 arcseconds together) and faint (18th magnitude). I doubt you'll find a better resolution than Hubble is giving us.
The Hubble site has a
11472x6429 image of M104, in which the two galaxies are approximately
260 pixels wide.
As for description, there are similar interacting galaxies that are closer and larger in view, and thus easier to image and study.
SIMBAD doesn't list them.
NED lists them, but only with coordinates, magnitude, 2MASX number and 'IrS' type, no other data.
When the
WorldWide Telescope website opens to the public, there may be more information for questions like yours, as it should all be annotated and have 'the best' images available. We'll see.
[quote="ericks"]...a description and better images?[/quote]
They are quite small (~14 arcseconds together) and faint (18th magnitude). I doubt you'll find a better resolution than Hubble is giving us.
The Hubble site has a [url=http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2003/28/image/a/warn/]11472x6429 image[/url] of M104, in which the two galaxies are approximately [url=http://img362.imageshack.us/img362/9325/interactinggalaxiesclossi6.jpg]260 pixels[/url] wide.
As for description, there are similar interacting galaxies that are closer and larger in view, and thus easier to image and study.
[url=http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/]SIMBAD[/url] doesn't list them.
[url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/]NED[/url] lists them, but only with coordinates, magnitude, 2MASX number and 'IrS' type, no other data.
When the [url=http://www.worldwidetelescope.org/]WorldWide Telescope[/url] website opens to the public, there may be more information for questions like yours, as it should all be annotated and have 'the best' images available. We'll see.