Central bulges of spiral galaxies - NGC 5838 (ground-based image)

esahubble_heic9902g October 6th, 1999

Credit: Allan Sandage (The Observatories of the Carnegie Institution of Washington) and John Bedke (Computer Sciences Corporation and the Space Telescope Science Institute )

This ground based images represents a complete view of the spiral galaxy NGC 5838.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic9902g/

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: IRAS 15029+0217 • NGC 5838
Subject - Local Universe: Galaxy > Type > Spiral; Galaxy > Component > Bulge

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 15h 5m 26.1s; DEC = 2° 5’ 58.9”
Orientation: North is 27.5° CCW
Field of View: 4.6 x 4.6 arcminutes
Constellation: Virgo

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Other (None)	Optical	-
This image was captured using a ground-based telescope by Allan Allan Sandage and John Bedke.

ID: heic9902g
Subject Category: C.5.1.1 C.5.4.1
Subject Name: IRAS 15029+0217, NGC 5838
Credits: Allan Sandage (The Observatories of the Carnegie Institution of Washington) and John Bedke (Computer Sciences Corporation and the Space Telescope Science Institute )

Release Date: 1999-10-06T15:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic9902g/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes: Distance in light years from NED

Facility: Other
Instrument: None
Color Assignment: Grayscale

Band: Optical
Bandpass
Central Wavelength

Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes: T

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 226.358818382, 2.09969160413
Reference Dimension: 1776.0, 1776.0

Reference Pixel: 888.0, 888.0
Scale: -4.35477754372e-05, 4.35477754372e-05
Rotation: 27.520000000000007
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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: heic9902g

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/heic9902g.tif
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Metadata Date: 2003-12-09T17:14:27+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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