NGC 3314
id:
ngc-3314-206-7834647
title:
NGC 3314
text:
NGC 3314 is a pair of overlapping spiral galaxies between 117 and 140 million light-years away in the constellation Hydra. This unique alignment gives astronomers the opportunity to measure the properties of interstellar dust in the face-on foreground galaxy. The dust appears dark against the background galaxy. Unlike interacting galaxies, the two components of NGC 3314 are physically unrelated. It was discovered in April 1999. In a March 2000 observation of the galaxies, a prominent green star-
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Spiral galaxies in the constellation Hydra
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_3314
date created:
2005-05-07T13:18:59Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T20:29:31Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q1104171","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1104171"}
image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/Hubble_view_of_NGC_3314_-_Heic1208a.tif","width":3276,"height":2928}
fields total:
13
integrity:
16