Wide-field view of Arp 256 (ground-based image)

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esahubble_heic1805b March 8th, 2018

Credit: NASA, ESA, Digitized Sky Survey 2; Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin

This ground-based image shows the two spiral galaxies of the Arp 256 system and their surroundings.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1805b/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Arp 256
Subject - Distant Universe
Galaxy > Type > Interacting
Esahubble_heic1805b_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 0h 18m 49.6s
DEC = -10° 21’ 50.9”
Orientation
North is 0.1° CW
Field of View
50.5 x 33.6 arcminutes
Constellation
Cetus

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red DSS2 (None) Optical (I) 825.0 nm
Orange DSS2 (None) Optical (R) 649.0 nm
Cyan DSS2 (None) Optical (B) 479.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Orange
Cyan
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ID
heic1805b
Subject Category
D.5.1.7  
Subject Name
Arp 256
Credits
NASA, ESA, Digitized Sky Survey 2; Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin
Release Date
2018-03-08T16:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1805b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2
Instrument
None, None, None
Color Assignment
Red, Orange, Cyan
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
I, R, B
Central Wavelength
825, 649, 479
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
4.7065809109, -10.3641264777
Reference Dimension
3000.0, 2000.0
Reference Pixel
6436.0, 6668.0
Scale
-0.0002802785934620297, 0.0002802785934620297
Rotation
-0.12000000000000006
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Position
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
ESA/Hubble
URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org
Name
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
heic1805b
Resource URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/heic1805b.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2018-03-05T16:05:49+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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