Teaching tools > Pictures & facts > Overview: Antennae galaxies facts

Description:

Fast Facts: Antennae galaxies lists the name, description, location, size and distance of this pair of colliding galaxies from Earth in the form of a table. A picture of the galaxies is included.

Format(s) available: Printer-friendly Web page

Grades: Adaptable, at teacher's discretion

Teachers can use Fast Facts: Antennae galaxies as:

• A source of information. Find out about the galaxies.

• A mapping activity. Locate the galaxies' associated constellation on a star map.

• A large-number recognition activity. Have students put this and other Fast Facts tables in order from the one closest to Earth to the one farthest away.

• An inquiry tool. Have students write down 3-5 questions they would like answered as a result of reading this Fast Facts table and looking at the image.

• An engagement tool. Involve students in a discussion.

Related materials

Press release: "Hubble Reveals Stellar Fireworks Accompanying Galaxy Collisions"
http://hubblesite.org/news/1997/34/

See the Galaxies section on "Teaching tools" page.

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