Area Around UGC2885 (ground-based image)

Esahubble_heic2002b_1024

esahubble_heic2002b January 6th, 2020

Credit: ESA/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin

This wide-field view of the night sky shows the region in which the giant galaxy UGC 2885, nicknamed the Godzilla Galaxy, is located.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://esahubble.org/images/heic2002b/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Baltimore, MD, United States

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
UGC 2885
Subject - Distant Universe
Galaxy > Type > Spiral
Esahubble_heic2002b_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 3h 53m 3.1s
DEC = 35° 34’ 38.3”
Orientation
North is 0.3° CW
Field of View
4.3 x 2.8 degrees
Constellation
Perseus

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue DSS2 (None) Optical (B) 479.0 nm
Orange DSS2 (None) Optical (R) 649.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Blue
Orange
Esahubble_heic2002b_1280
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ID
heic2002b
Subject Category
D.5.1.1  
Subject Name
UGC 2885
Credits
ESA/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin
Release Date
2020-01-06T10:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://esahubble.org/images/heic2002b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2
Instrument
None, None
Color Assignment
Blue, Orange
Band
Optical, Optical
Bandpass
B, R
Central Wavelength
479, 649
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
None, None
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
58.263039322, 35.5773097815
Reference Dimension
9056.0, 5887.0
Reference Pixel
4528.0, 2943.5
Scale
-0.000472455938373, 0.000472455938373
Rotation
-0.25999999999999995
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
ESA/Hubble
URL
https://esahubble.org
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
ESA Office, Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Dr
City
Baltimore
State/Province
MD
Postal Code
21218
Country
United States
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID
esahubble
Resource ID
heic2002b
Resource URL
http://esahubble.org/media/archives/images/original/heic2002b.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2019-12-17T12:32:16+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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