Hubble image of NGC 7252
eso_potw1806a February 5th, 2018
Credit: NASA & ESA, Acknowledgement: Judy Schmidt (Geckzilla)
The stunning Atoms for Peace galaxy was given its nickname due to its superficial resemblance to an atomic nucleus, surrounded by the loops of orbiting electrons. “Atoms for Peace” was the title of a speech given by President Eisenhower in 1953, in an attempt to rebrand nuclear power as a tool for working toward global peace. Somewhat ironically this galaxy has had anything but a peaceful past — it was formed in a catastrophic merger between two smaller galaxies nearly 1 Gyr ago.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw1806a/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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Image Details
Position Details
Color Mapping
- ID
- potw1806a
- Subject Category
- C.5.1.7
- Subject Name
- NGC 7252
- Credits
- NASA & ESA, Acknowledgement: Judy Schmidt (Geckzilla)
- Release Date
- 2018-02-05T06:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw1806a/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
- Instrument
- WFC3, WFC3, WFC3
- Color Assignment
- Red, Green, Blue
- Band
- Infrared, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- J, g, u
- Central Wavelength
- 1100, 475, 336
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 335.186207073, -24.6784261606
- Reference Dimension
- 2461.0, 1614.0
- Reference Pixel
- 1230.5, 807.0
- Scale
- -1.10126810617e-05, 1.10126810617e-05
- Rotation
- 0.11999999999999911
- 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
- potw1806a
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/potw1806a.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2023-10-11T09:19:59.225045
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
