First Image from ALMA (IMAGE)

National Radio Astronomy Observatory

First Image from ALMA

Caption

Multiwavelength composite of interacting galaxies NGC 4038/4039, the Antennae, showing VLA radio (blues), past and recent starbirths in HST and CTIO optical (whites and pinks), and a selection of current star-forming regions in ALMA's mm/submm (orange and yellows) showing detail surpassing all other views in these wavelengths.

Credit

B. Saxton, (NRAO/AUI/NSF); ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO); HST (NASA, ESA, and B. Whitmore (STScI)); J. Hibbard, (NRAO/AUI/NSF); NOAO/AURA/NSF.

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