A Pseudo-Color Image of NGC 6240 Taken with Suprime-Cam at the Subaru Telescope (IMAGE)

National Institutes of Natural Sciences

A Pseudo-Color Image of NGC 6240 Taken with Suprime-Cam at the Subaru Telescope

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Blue, green, and red colors are attributed to the B-band, R-band, and H-alpha (emission line from ionized hydrogen gas) images, respectively. The giant ionized gas blown out from the galaxy is seen in red.

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Hiroshima University / NAOJ

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