Webb Inspects NGC 346 (NIRCam Image)
esahubble_sci23003a July 24th, 2023
Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, A. Pagan (STScI)
This image features NGC 346, one of the most dynamic star-forming regions in nearby galaxies, as seen by the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope. NCG 346 is located in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), a dwarf galaxy close to our Milky Way. [Image Description: A star forming region sweeps across the scene, dominated by hues of purple. Tones of yellow outline the region's irregular shape. Many bright stars dominate the scne, as well as countless smaller stars the scatter the image's background.]
Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA
Image Source: https://esahubble.org/images/sci23003a/
Curator: ESA/Hubble, Baltimore, MD, United States
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- sci23003a
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- NGC 346
- Credits
- NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, A. Pagan (STScI)
- Release Date
- 2023-07-24T10:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://esahubble.org/images/sci23003a/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- James Webb Space Telescope, James Webb Space Telescope, James Webb Space Telescope, James Webb Space Telescope
- Instrument
- NIRCam, NIRCam, NIRCam, NIRCam
- Color Assignment
- Blue, Cyan, Orange, Red
- Band
- Infrared, Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
- Bandpass
- None, None, PAH, None
- Central Wavelength
- 2000, 2770, 3350, 4440
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- None, None, None, None
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 14.767984232242798, -72.17380494910269
- Reference Dimension
- 7884.0, 11451.0
- Reference Pixel
- 3942.0, 5725.5
- Scale
- -8.680665923838348e-06, 8.680665923838348e-06
- Rotation
- -5.40000000000001
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- ESA/Hubble
- URL
- https://esahubble.org
- Name
- Telephone
- Address
- ESA Office, Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Dr
- City
- Baltimore
- State/Province
- MD
- Postal Code
- 21218
- Country
- United States
- Rights
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
- Publisher
- ESA/Hubble
- Publisher ID
- esahubble
- Resource ID
- sci23003a
- Resource URL
- http://esahubble.org/media/archives/images/original/sci23003a.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2023-01-03T11:28:07-05:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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