NGC 520, also known as the Flying Ghost, [5] is a pair of colliding spiral galaxies about 105 million light-years away in the constellation Pisces. [6] They were discovered by astronomer William Herschel on 13 December 1784. [7]

NGC520 is a pair of interacting galaxies seen in the direction of the Constellation Pices between 100-120 Million Light-Years distant.

Apr 24, 2008 · NGC 520 is one of the brightest galaxy pairs on the sky, and can be observed with a small telescope toward the constellation of Pisces, the Fish, having the appearance of a comet. It is about 100 million light-years away and about 100,000 light-years across.

Apr 24, 2008 · NGC 520 is one of the brightest galaxy pairs on the sky, and can be observed with a small telescope toward the constellation of Pisces, the Fish, having the appearance of a comet. It is about 100 million light-years away and about 100,000 light-years across.

NGC 520 is the product of a collision between two disc galaxies that started 300 million years ago. It exemplifies the middle stages of the merging process: the discs of the parent galaxies have merged together, but the nuclei have not yet coalesced.

Jan 1, 2024 · Although this deep-sky object is cataloged as NGC 520, it’s actually a pair of interacting spiral galaxies in the constellation Pisces the Fish. German-born English astronomer William Herschel...

The collision that defines NGC 520 started about 300 million years ago. Also known as Arp 157, NGC 520 lies about 100 million light years distant, spans about 100 thousand light year s, and can be seen with a small telescope toward the constellation of the Fish ( Pisces ).

Jan 14, 2003 · As late as the 1960s Hubble, Holmberg, and others considered NGC 520 as an "exploding galaxy", but Astronomers now believe that it is a pair of closely interacting and possibly colliding spiral galaxies, seen edge-on.

NGC 520, also known as the "Flying Ghost", is a pair of colliding spiral galaxies located in the constellation Pisces, about 105 million light-years from Earth. The system's main component is a galact...

NGC 520, at visual magnitude 12, has been noted to be one of the brightest interacting galaxies on the sky, after interacting pairs of galaxies known as the Antennae. NGC 520 was imaged above in spectacular fashion by the Gemini Observatory in Hawaii, USA.