A Color Composite Image of UGC 10214 (IMAGE)

National Institutes of Natural Sciences

A Color Composite Image of UGC 10214

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A color composite image in the g, r and i bands of UGC 10214 known as Tadpole Galaxy in the ELAIS-N1 region. The distance to this galaxy is about 400 million light years. The long tail of stars made by gravitational interaction due to the galactic encounter is characteristic.

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NAOJ/HSC Project

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