Right ascension 10 37 12.5 Type SBbc/SAab Magnitude 12.5 Apparent magnitude (V) 12.5 | Declination -27° 41' 05" Apparent size (V) 2′.6 × 1′.7 | |
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Redshift +0.0095 (a)+0.01548 (b) Distance 117 Mly (a)140 million ly (b) Similar NGC 602, NGC 3312, Arp 273, Cat's Eye Nebula, Tarantula Nebula | ||
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NGC 3314 is a pair of overlapping spiral galaxies between 117 and 140 million light-years away in the constellation Hydra. This unique alignment gives astronomers the opportunity to measure the properties of interstellar dust in the face-on foreground galaxy (NGC3314a), which appear dark against the background galaxy (NGC 3314b). Unlike interacting galaxies, the two components of NGC3314 are physically unrelated. It was discovered in April 1999.
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In a March 2000 observation of the galaxies, a prominent green star-like object was seen in one of the arms. Astronomers theorized that it could have been a supernova, but the unique filtering properties of the foreground galaxy made it difficult to decide definitively.
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