Hubble view of galaxy NGC 4710 with x-shaped bulge
eso_eso1339d September 12th, 2013
Credit: NASA & ESA
This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows edge-on galaxy NGC 4710. When staring directly at the centre of the galaxy, one can detect a faint, ethereal "X"-shaped structure. Such a feature, which astronomers call a "boxy" or "peanut-shaped" bulge, is due to the vertical motions of the stars in the galaxy's bar and is only evident when the galaxy is seen edge-on. This curious feature is also seen in the Milky Way.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1339d/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- eso1339d
- Subject Category
- C.5
- Subject Name
- NGC 4710
- Credits
- NASA & ESA
- Release Date
- 2013-09-12T12:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1339d/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
- Instrument
- ACS, ACS, ACS
- Color Assignment
- Red, Green, Blue
- Band
- Infrared, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- I, Pseudogreen (B+I), B
- Central Wavelength
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 192.411536827, 15.1671263585
- Reference Dimension
- 3381.0, 1095.0
- Reference Pixel
- 1690.0, 547.0
- Scale
- -1.40260204135e-05, 1.40260204135e-05
- Rotation
- 70.92000000000003
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- European Southern Observatory
- URL
- http://www.eso.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
- European Southern Observatory
- Publisher ID
- eso
- Resource ID
- eso1339d
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1339d.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2013-09-06T13:17:26+02:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
