NGC 5363/4
NGC 5363 is the elliptical galaxy in the upper-left corner of the image. And NGC 5364 is the spiral galaxy in the lower right. These two galaxies are likely in the early stages of gravitational interaction.
| Observatory: | Kitt Peak National Observatory Kitt Peak, Arizona |
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| Telescope: | KPNO 4-Meter |
| Instrument: | Mosaic I |
| Astronomer: | T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage) and H. Schweiker (WIYN and NOAO/AURA/NSF) |
| Date of Observation: | 06-10-2010 |
| Filters and Assigned Colors: | B (blue), V (green), and I (red) |
| Exposure Times: | 5x10min in B, 5x8min in V and 5x5min in I |
| Location of Image: | Virgo |
| Field of View: | 27.7 x 16.4 arcmin |
| Orientation: | Rotated 15 degrees clockwise from North is left, East is down |
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