The Cartwheel Galaxy

Esahubble_opo9502b_1024

esahubble_opo9502b January 10th, 1995

Credit: Kirk Borne (ST ScI), and NASA/ESA

A rare and spectacular head-on collision between two galaxies appears in this Hubble Space Telescope true-color image of the Cartwheel Galaxy, located 500 million light-years away in the constellation Sculptor. The new details of star birth resolved by Hubble provide an opportunity to study how extremely massive stars are born in large fragmented gas clouds.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9502b/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Cartwheel Galaxy
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Lenticular
Esahubble_opo9502b_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 0h 37m 41.6s
DEC = -33° 42’ 38.1”
Orientation
North is 127.4° CW
Field of View
2.1 x 1.7 arcminutes
Constellation
Sculptor

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Yellow Hubble (WFPC2) Infrared (I) 814.0 nm
Blue Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (B) 450.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Yellow
Blue
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ID
opo9502b
Subject Category
C.5.1.3  
Subject Name
Cartwheel Galaxy
Credits
Kirk Borne (ST ScI), and NASA/ESA
Release Date
1995-01-10T23:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9502b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Distance in light years from NED
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment
Yellow, Blue
Band
Infrared, Optical
Bandpass
I, B
Central Wavelength
814, 450
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
9.4231603432, -33.7105815445
Reference Dimension
641.0, 523.0
Reference Pixel
322.0, 263.0
Scale
-5.53241184728e-05, 5.53241184728e-05
Rotation
-127.43999999999994
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
opo9502b
Resource URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo9502b.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:43:28+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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