AM 1316-241 explained

AM 1316-241
Epoch:	J2000
Constellation Name:	Hydra
Ra:	^[1]
Z:	0.031869
H Radial V:	^[2]
Appmag V:	15.71
Size:	0.515' x 28.12"
Names:	ESO 508-45, IRAS 13168-2413, PGC 46461, 6dFGS gJ131933.0-242922

AM 1316-241 is a pair of overlapping galaxies in the constellation Hydra. It is notable for having recently been discovered to have revealed visible dust by the back light from the more distant galaxy of the two.

It is believed the pair are interacting.

External links

• University of Alabama Astronomy http://www.astr.ua.edu/white/pairs/am1316.html
• THE ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL, 121:1442-1455, 2001 March http://www.iop.org/EJ/article/1538-3881/121/3/1442/200210.text.html
• NASA Extragalactic Database http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/SPGA_Atlas/Figures/AM1316_241.jpeg
• The Astrophysical Journal, December 10, 2000 http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/317767
• Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, September 2003 http://arjournals.annualreviews.org/doi/full/10.1146/annurev.astro.41.011802.094840
• Space.com http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/imagedisplay/img_display.php?pic=080424-AM1316-241-02.jpg&cap=AM1316-241+is+made+up+of+two+interacting+galaxies+-+a+spiral+galaxy+(left)+in+front+of+an+elliptical+galaxy+(right).+The+starlight+from+the+background+galaxy+is+partially+obscured+by+the+bands+and+filaments+of+dust+associated+with+the+foreground+spiral+galaxy.+AM1316-241+is+located+some+400+million+light+years+away+toward+the+constellation+of+Hydra%2C+the+Water+Snake.+Credit%3A+NASA%2C+ESA%2C+the+Hubble+Heritage+Team+(STScI%2FAURA)-ESA%2FHubble+Collaboration+and+W.+Keel+(University+of+Alabama%2C+Tuscaloosa)

See also

• 2MASX J00482185-2507365 occulting pair - a similar pair

Notes and References

1. AM 1316-241. 15 December 2016.
2. Web site: NED results for object PGC 046461 . 15 December 2016 . .