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M87 nucleus and bright knot

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esahubble_opo0916b April 14th, 2009

Credit: NASA, ESA and J. Madrid (McMaster University, Canada)

Image taken on 17 May 1999.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0916b/

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: M87 • Messier 87 • NGC 4486
Subject - Local Universe: Galaxy > Type > Elliptical; Galaxy > Size > Giant; Galaxy > Component > Central Black Hole

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Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 12h 30m 49.3s; DEC = 12° 23’ 28.4”
Orientation: North is up
Field of View: 0.1 x 0.1 arcminutes
Constellation: Virgo

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Hubble (STIS )	Ultraviolet (Mid-UV)	232.0 nm

Spectrum_base

Blue

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ID: opo0916b
Subject Category: C.5.1.4 C.5.2.1 C.5.4.6
Subject Name: M87, Messier 87, NGC 4486
Credits: NASA, ESA and J. Madrid (McMaster University, Canada)

Release Date: 2009-04-14T15:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0916b/

Type: Observation
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Distance Notes

Facility: Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument: STIS
Color Assignment: Blue

Band: Ultraviolet
Bandpass: Mid-UV
Central Wavelength: 232

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 187.705564601, 12.3912335849
Reference Dimension: 600.0, 600.0

Reference Pixel: 300.0, 300.0
Scale: -2.11696185679e-06, 2.11696185679e-06
Rotation: -0
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Creator (Curator): ESA/Hubble
URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/
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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: opo0916b

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo0916b.tif
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Metadata Date: 2019-10-07T11:41:40.829739
Metadata Version: 1.1

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