Hubble's Infrared Galaxy Gallery. A View of NGC 4826
esahubble_opo9910f March 18th, 1999
Credit: Torsten Boeker, Space Telescope Science Institute, and NASA/ESA
Astronomers have used the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope to produce an infrared 'photo essay' of spiral galaxies. By penetrating the dust clouds swirling around the centers of these galaxies, the telescope s infrared vision is offering fresh views of star birth.
Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA
Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9910f/
Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- opo9910f
- Subject Category
- C.5.1.1
- Subject Name
- Black Eye Galaxy, Evil Eye Galaxy, IRAS 12542+2157, M 64, Messier 64, NGC 4826
- Credits
- Torsten Boeker, Space Telescope Science Institute, and NASA/ESA
- Release Date
- 1999-03-18T06:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9910f/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Distance in light years from NED
- Facility
- Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
- Instrument
- NICMOS, NICMOS, NICMOS
- Color Assignment
- Red, Green, Blue
- Band
- Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
- Bandpass
- Pa-alpha, Pseudogreen, H
- Central Wavelength
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 194.185058452, 21.6830185579
- Reference Dimension
- 492.0, 492.0
- Reference Pixel
- 246.0, 246.0
- Scale
- -2.7992362348e-05, 2.7992362348e-05
- Rotation
- -78.760000000000034
- 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
- opo9910f
- Resource URL
- http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo9910f.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2003-12-09T17:53:14+01:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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