NGC 3314
Template:Short description Template:More citations needed Template:Infobox Galaxy NGC 3314 is a pair of overlapping spiral galaxies between 117 and 140 million light-years away in the constellation of Hydra. The very unique alignment of both Spiral galaxies gives astronomers the opportunity to measure the properties of interstellar dust in the face-on foreground galaxy (NGC 3314a). The dust appears as dark blue against the background galaxy (NGC 3314b). Unlike interacting galaxies, the two components of NGC 3314 are physically unrelated and are too distant from one another to interact. The galaxies Template:Clarify was discovered in April 1999.
In a March 2000 observation of the galaxies, a prominent green star-like object was seen in one of the arms of one of the galaxies. Astronomers theorized that it could have been a supernova, but the unique filtering properties of the foreground galaxy made it difficult to decide definitively.[1] NGC 3314a is seen face-on as the foreground galaxy, its spiral arms and copious amounts of dust obscuring the background galaxy NGC 3314b. a dust tail can also be seen from NGC 3314a, being a sign of Ram Pressure stripping caused by NGC 3314a rushing through the ICM of its home cluster, the Hydra Cluster. Both of the galaxies are members of the Hydra Cluster.[2]
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