Hubble Captures NGC 2276
esahubble_heic2106a May 27th, 2021
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, P. SellAcknowledgement: L. Shatz
This spectacular image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the trailing arms of NGC 2276, a spiral galaxy 120 million light-years away in the constellation of Cepheus. At first glance, the delicate tracery of bright spiral arms and dark dust lanes resembles countless other spiral galaxies. A closer look reveals a strangely lopsided galaxy shaped by gravitational interaction and intense star formation.
Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA
Image Source: https://esahubble.org/images/heic2106a/
Curator: ESA/Hubble, Baltimore, MD, United States
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- heic2106a
- Subject Category
- C.5.1.1
- Subject Name
- NGC 2276
- Credits
- ESA/Hubble & NASA, P. SellAcknowledgement: L. Shatz
- Release Date
- 2021-05-27T13:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://esahubble.org/images/heic2106a/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
- Instrument
- WFC3, WFC3, WFC3, WFC3, WFC3
- Color Assignment
- Purple, Blue, Blue, Green, Red
- Band
- Ultraviolet, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- UV, U, B, V, I
- Central Wavelength
- 275, 336, 438, 555, 814
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- None, None, None, None, None
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 111.89005605220834, 85.75831885675014
- Reference Dimension
- 3811.0, 4081.0
- Reference Pixel
- 1905.5, 2040.5
- Scale
- -1.1018025958274986e-05, 1.1018025958274986e-05
- Rotation
- 151.00000000000028
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- ESA/Hubble
- URL
- https://esahubble.org
- Name
- 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
- heic2106a
- Resource URL
- http://esahubble.org/media/archives/images/original/heic2106a.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2021-01-26T10:37:05+01:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
