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NGC1398 [1]

 

NGC1398 [2]

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NGC1398 o también llamada la Galaxia de los Brazos Esbeltos, es una galaxia espiral barrada [4] aislada que ubica a 65 millones de años luz en la constelación de Fornax y pertenece al cúmulo de galaxias [5] del mismo nombre. NGC 1398  tiene un diámetro de 135.000 años luz y posee alrededor de 100 mil millones de estrellas.

NGC 1398 also known as the Slim Arms Galaxy, is an insolated spiral barred galaxy [6] which is located at 65 million light years in the constellation of Fornax and belongs to galaxy cluster [7] of the same name. NGC 1398 has a diameter of 135.000 light years and has about 100 billion stars.

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©Imágenes tomadas por la Colaboración DES con la cámara montada en el Telescopio Blanco del Observatorio de Cerro Tololo en Chile.
©Images taken by the DES Collaboration with the DECAM camera mounted on the Blanco Telescope at the Cerro Tololo Observatory in Chile. 

 


Source URL (modified on 08/23/2017 - 15:01): http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/node/12134

Links
[1] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/node/12134
[2] http://vms.fnal.gov/stillphotos/2016/0000/16-0048-05.jpg
[3] http://vms.fnal.gov/stillphotos/2016/0000/16-0048-05.hr.jpg
[4] https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxia_espiral_barrada
[5] https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agrupaci%C3%B3n_gal%C3%A1ctica
[6] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barred_spiral_galaxy
[7] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy_cluster
[8] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/Art-Darkness-Fermilabs-Images-Gallery