The sleeping giant NGC 4889

esahubble_heic1602a February 11th, 2016

Credit: NASA & ESA

This image shows the elliptical galaxy NGC 4889 in front of hundreds of background galaxies, and deeply embedded within the Coma galaxy cluster. Well-hidden from human eyes, there is a gigantic supermassive black hole at the centre of the galaxy.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1602a/

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: NGC 4889
Subject - Local Universe: Galaxy > Type > Elliptical

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 13h 0m 7.3s; DEC = 27° 58’ 27.6”
Orientation: North is 133.6° CCW
Field of View: 3.2 x 2.2 arcminutes
Constellation: Coma Berenices

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
Hubble (ACS)	Optical (B)	475.0 nm
Hubble (ACS)	Optical (B)	475.0 nm
Hubble (ACS)	Infrared (I)	814.0 nm
Hubble (ACS)	Infrared (I)	814.0 nm

ID: heic1602a
Subject Category: C.5.1.4
Subject Name: NGC 4889
Credits: NASA & ESA

Release Date: 2016-02-11T16:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1602a/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes: from NED

Facility: Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument: ACS, ACS, ACS, ACS
Color Assignment: Blue, Green, Green, Red

Band: Optical, Optical, Infrared, Infrared
Bandpass: B, B, I, I
Central Wavelength: 475, 475, 814, 814

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Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 195.030226381, 27.9743409686
Reference Dimension: 3885.0, 2586.0

Reference Pixel: 1942.5, 1293.0
Scale: -1.38766727786e-05, 1.38766727786e-05
Rotation: 133.59999999999991
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: heic1602a

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/heic1602a.tif
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Metadata Date: 2016-02-08T09:21:52+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

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