This is an optical red image (I
band = 9000 Angstroms) of
the merging galaxy NGC 520 (Arp 157;
IRAS 01219+0331).
This image was obtained using the
82 inch telescope on
Kitt Peak,
Arizona, as part of my Ph.D.
Thesis
at the
University of
Massachusetts.
For some other images from this survey, click here