NGC 1512 Galaxy
NGC 1512 and 1510 in Horologium
are a violently interacting galactic pair in the Dorado Group. At 70,000 light years across, the large, barred, face-on spiral NGC 1512, is nearly as big as our own Milky Way galaxy. The smaller, bluish NGC 1510 to its upper-left, is a lenticular galaxy, only 15,000 light years in diameter. The larger 1512 has a double ring structure, with one set of arms surrounding the nucleus, the other dimmer and much further out to the right. The gravitational interaction with 'little' NGC 1510 is responsible for this warping and is particularly apparent in the bridge between the two galaxies. NGC 1512's incredible core is a circumnuclear starburst ring- a circle of hot, young star clusters where new stars are vigorously forming. This data was acquired by SSRO in late 2016, by the new SSRO team.
LARGE
are a violently interacting galactic pair in the Dorado Group. At 70,000 light years across, the large, barred, face-on spiral NGC 1512, is nearly as big as our own Milky Way galaxy. The smaller, bluish NGC 1510 to its upper-left, is a lenticular galaxy, only 15,000 light years in diameter. The larger 1512 has a double ring structure, with one set of arms surrounding the nucleus, the other dimmer and much further out to the right. The gravitational interaction with 'little' NGC 1510 is responsible for this warping and is particularly apparent in the bridge between the two galaxies. NGC 1512's incredible core is a circumnuclear starburst ring- a circle of hot, young star clusters where new stars are vigorously forming. This data was acquired by SSRO in late 2016, by the new SSRO team.
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