Pinwheel Galaxy close-up 3

esahubble_heic0602e February 28th, 2006

Credit: Image: European Space Agency & NASA Acknowledgements: Project Investigators for the original Hubble data: K.D. Kuntz (GSFC), F. Bresolin (University of Hawaii), J. Trauger (JPL), J. Mould (NOAO), and Y.-H. Chu (University of Illinois, Urbana) Image processing: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble) CFHT image: Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope/J.-C. Cuillandre/Coelum NOAO image: George Jacoby, Bruce Bohannan, Mark Hanna/NOAO/AURA/NSF

A selection of some of the millions of individual stars visible in Messier 101 with Hubble's sharp vision. In total it is estimated that the Pinwheel galaxy contains about one trillion stars.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0602e/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: Messier 101 • Pinwheel Galaxy
Subject - Local Universe: Galaxy > Type > Spiral

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 14h 2m 43.3s; DEC = 54° 18’ 6.0”
Orientation: North is 3.4° CW
Field of View: 0.8 x 0.8 arcminutes
Constellation: Ursa Major

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Hubble (None)	Infrared (I)	814.0 nm
	Hubble (None)	Optical (V)	555.0 nm
	Hubble (None)	Optical (B)	435.0 nm
The Hubble data for this image was superimposed over ground-based images taken with the ground-based Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT).

ID: heic0602e
Subject Category: C.5.1.1
Subject Name: Messier 101, Pinwheel Galaxy
Credits: Image: European Space Agency & NASA Acknowledgements: Project Investigators for the original Hubble data: K.D. Kuntz (GSFC), F. Bresolin (University of Hawaii), J. Trauger (JPL), J. Mould (NOAO), and Y.-H. Chu (University of Illinois, Urbana) Image processing: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble) CFHT image: Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope/J.-C. Cuillandre/Coelum NOAO image: George Jacoby, Bruce Bohannan, Mark Hanna/NOAO/AURA/NSF

Release Date: 2006-02-28T12:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0602e/

Type: Observation
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Distance Notes

Facility: Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument: None, None, None
Color Assignment: Red, Green, Blue

Band: Infrared, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: I, V, B
Central Wavelength: 814, 555, 435

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Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes: T

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 210.680494684, 54.3016566833
Reference Dimension: 1000.0, 1000.0

Reference Pixel: 500.0, 500.0
Scale: -1.38786769375e-05, 1.38786769375e-05
Rotation: -3.3800000000000008
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Creator (Curator): ESA/Hubble
URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/
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Email

Telephone
Address: Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City: Garching bei München
State/Province

Postal Code: D-85748
Country: Germany
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID: esahubble
Resource ID: heic0602e

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/heic0602e.tif
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Metadata Date: 2006-02-24T15:09:45+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

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