Hubble Shot of I Zw 18

esahubble_opo0202d January 8th, 2002

Credit: D. Hunter (Lowell Observ.) and A. Aloisi (JHU)

The galaxy resides 30 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. The observation was made in November 1994 and March 1995. The bright dots scattered throughout the image represent clusters of stars.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0202d/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

View Options

Fullscreen

View in WorldWide Telescope

Download Options

Full Size Image (518 x 389)
JPG (82.1 KB) Source File

Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: I Zw 18
Subject - Local Universe: Galaxy > Type > Irregular; Galaxy > Size > Dwarf

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 9h 34m 2.1s; DEC = 55° 14’ 26.3”
Orientation: North is 32.1° CCW
Field of View: 0.4 x 0.3 arcminutes
Constellation: Ursa Major

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical	-

ID: opo0202d
Subject Category: C.5.1.6 C.5.2.2
Subject Name: I Zw 18
Credits: D. Hunter (Lowell Observ.) and A. Aloisi (JHU)

Release Date: 2002-01-08T20:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0202d/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes

Facility: Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument: WFPC2
Color Assignment: Red

Band: Optical
Bandpass
Central Wavelength

Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 143.5086597, 55.2406446
Reference Dimension: 518.0, 389.0

Reference Pixel: 260.0, 195.5
Scale: 1.25919718037e-05, 1.26465474518e-05
Rotation: 32.1
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
FITS Header
Notes: WCS info from NASA/Hubble

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: opo0202d

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo0202d.tif
Related Resources

Metadata Date: 2003-12-09T17:19:07+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

There is no distance meta data in this image.