NGC 1964 - Potw1739a
This spectacular spiral galaxy, known as NGC 1964, resides approximately 70 million light-years away in the constellation of Lepus (The Hare). NGC 1964 has a bright and dense core. This core sits within a mottled oval disc, which is itself encircled by distinct spiral arms speckled with bright starry regions. The brilliant centre of the galaxy caught the eye of the astronomer William Herschel on the night of 20 November 1784, leading to the galaxy’s discovery and subsequent documentation in the New General Catalogue.
In addition to containing stars, NGC 1964 lives in a star-sprinkled section of the sky. In this view from the Wide Field Imager (WFI) — an instrument mounted on the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at ESO’s La Silla Observatory, Chile — the star HD 36785 can be seen to the galaxy’s immediate right. Above it reside two other prominent stars named HD 36784 and TYC 5928-368-1 — and the large bright star below NGC 1964 is known as BD-22 1147.
This view of NGC 1964 also contains an array of galaxies, visible in the background. The WFI is able to observe the light from these distant galaxies, and those up to 40 million times fainter than the human eye can see.
Credit: ESO/Jean-Christophe Lambry
Coordinates Position (RA): 5 33 19.90 Position (Dec): -21° 56' 31.54" Field of view: 16.95 x 16.95 arcminutes Orientation: North is 0.0° left of vertical
Colours & filters Band Telescope Optical B 456 nm MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope WFI Optical B 456 nm MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope WFI Optical R 651 nm MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope WFI Optical R 651 nm MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope WFI.
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NGC 1964NGC 1964 ist eine Balken-Spiralgalaxie ausgeprägten Spiralarmen vom Hubble-Typ SBb im Sternbild Hase am Nordsternhimmel. Sie ist schätzungsweise 67 Millionen Lichtjahre von der Milchstraße entfernt und hat einen Durchmesser von etwa 130.000 Lichtjahren. Die Galaxie ist Namensgeberin der NGC 1964-Gruppe, zu der weiterhin NGC 1979, IC 2130 und IC 2137 gehören. .. weiterlesen