PIA07907: Diverse Group of Galaxy Types, NGC 3190 Field
This ultraviolet image from NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer is of a diverse group of galaxy types. NGC 3190 is a dusty edge on spiral galaxy. NGC 3187 is highly distorted.
 Target Name:  NGC 3190
 Mission:  Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) 
 Spacecraft:  GALEX Orbiter
 Instrument:  GALEX Telescope 
 Product Size:  936 x 936 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  California Institute of Technology 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA07907.tif (2.632 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA07907.jpg (95.57 kB)  

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Ultraviolet image of a diverse group of galaxy types. NGC 3190 is a dusty edge on spiral galaxy. NGC 3187 is highly distorted. The two are separated by only 35 kilo-parsecs (about half the diameter of our own Milky Way galaxy). A ring, elliptical, and other irregular galaxies are also present.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSC

Image Addition Date:
2005-05-05