A Giant Star Factory in Neighboring Galaxy NGC 6822
esahubble_opo0139a December 6th, 2001
Credit: NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
Resembling curling flames from a campfire, this magnificent nebula in a neighboring galaxy is giving astronomers new insight into the fierce birth of stars, which may have been more a typical occurrence in the early universe. The glowing gas cloud, called Hubble-V, has a diameter of about 200 light-years. A faint tail of gas trailing off the top of this Hubble Space Telescope image sits opposite a dense cluster of bright stars at the bottom of the irregularly shaped nebula.
Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA
Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0139a/
Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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Image Details
Position Details
Color Mapping
| Telescope | Spectral Band | Wavelength | |
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Hubble (WFPC2) | Ultraviolet (U) | 300.0 nm |
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Hubble (WFPC2) | Optical (H-beta) | 487.0 nm |
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Hubble (WFPC2) | Optical (OIII) | 502.0 nm |
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Hubble (WFPC2) | Optical (V) | 547.0 nm |
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Hubble (WFPC2) | Optical (V) | 555.0 nm |
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Hubble (WFPC2) | Optical (H-alpha) | 656.0 nm |
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Hubble (WFPC2) | Optical (NII) | 658.0 nm |
- ID
- opo0139a
- Subject Category
- C.4.1.2
- Subject Name
- Barnard's Galaxy, Hubble-V, IRAS 19421-1455, NGC 6822
- Credits
- NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
- Release Date
- 2001-12-06T06:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0139a/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
- Instrument
- WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2
- Color Assignment
- Band
- Ultraviolet, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- U, H-beta, OIII, V, V, H-alpha, NII
- Central Wavelength
- 300, 487, 502, 547, 555, 656, 658
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 296.21979845, -14.7195939869
- Reference Dimension
- 672.0, 712.0
- Reference Pixel
- 337.0, 357.0
- Scale
- -2.75760313833e-05, 2.75760313833e-05
- Rotation
- 91.619999999999976
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- ESA/Hubble
- URL
- http://www.spacetelescope.org/
- Name
- 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
- opo0139a
- Resource URL
- http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo0139a.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2003-12-09T17:18:58+01:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
