Tag Archive for 'NGC 2207'

This composite image shows IC 2163 (left) and NGC 2207 (right) galaxies. Image credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / STScI.

NASA Telescopes Capture Stunning Galaxy Duo

Oct 31, 2024 by Enrico de Lazaro

NASA has released a beautiful composite image taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope of a pair of...

This image, a composite of data from ALMA and the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, shows a very rare cosmic sight: a pair of interacting galaxies that have taken on an ocular structure. Image credit: ALMA / ESO / NAOJ / NRAO / M. Kaufman.

Colliding Galaxies Produce Bizarre Eye-Shaped Structure

Nov 8, 2016 by News Staff

A team of astronomers from the United States, France and the UK has observed a tsunami of stars and gas that is crashing midway through the disk of the...

X-ray data from Chandra have revealed that NGC 2207 (left) and IC 2163, currently in the process of colliding with one another, have produced one of the most bountiful collections of super bright X-ray lights called ultraluminous X-ray sources. Image credit: X-ray – NASA / CXC / SAO / S.Mineo et al; optical – NASA / STScI; infrared: NASA / JPL-Caltech.

Space Observatories Zero in on Colliding Galaxy Pair NGC 2207 – IC 2163

Dec 14, 2014 by News Staff

A spectacular cosmic collision between the spiral galaxies NGC 2207 and IC 2163 has been caught in a composite image generated by NASA’s Chandra X-ray...