The sharpest view ever of the Triangulum Galaxy
esahubble_heic1901a January 7th, 2019
Credit: NASA, ESA, and M. Durbin, J. Dalcanton, and B. F. Williams (University of Washington)
This gigantic image of the Triangulum Galaxy also known as Messier 33 is a composite of about 54 different pointings with Hubbles Advanced Camera for Surveys. With a staggering size of 34 372 times 19 345 pixels, it is the second-largest image ever released by Hubble. It is only dwarfed by the image of the Andromeda Galaxy, released in 2015. The mosaic of the Triangulum Galaxy showcases the central region of the galaxy and its inner spiral arms. Millions of stars, hundreds of star clusters and bright nebulae are visible. This image is too large to be easily displayed at full resolution and is best appreciated using the zoom tool.
Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA
Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1901a/
Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, None, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- heic1901a
- Subject Category
- C.5.1.1
- Subject Name
- M 33, Messier 33
- Credits
- NASA, ESA, and M. Durbin, J. Dalcanton, and B. F. Williams (University of Washington)
- Release Date
- 2019-01-07T18:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1901a/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
- Instrument
- ACS, ACS
- Color Assignment
- Orange, Cyan
- Band
- Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- I, g
- Central Wavelength
- 814, 475
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- None, None
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 23.4919103831, 30.6716825332
- Reference Dimension
- 34372.0, 19345.0
- Reference Pixel
- 17186.0, 9672.5
- Scale
- -9.78551795823e-06, 9.78551795823e-06
- Rotation
- -105.29999999999994
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- 8.593475 0.000084091603936083968
- Creator (Curator)
- ESA/Hubble
- URL
- http://www.spacetelescope.org
- Name
- Telephone
- Address
- Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
- City
- Garching bei München
- State/Province
- None
- Postal Code
- D-85748
- Country
- Germany
- Rights
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
- Publisher
- ESA/Hubble
- Publisher ID
- esahubble
- Resource ID
- heic1901a
- Resource URL
- http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/heic1901a.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2018-12-06T13:49:14+01:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
