Multi-Wavelength Composite

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galex_glx2006-01r_img03 January 11th, 2006

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/P. N. Appleton (SSC-Caltech)

This false-color composite image shows the Cartwheel galaxy as seen by the Galaxy Evolution Explorer's Far Ultraviolet detector (blue); the Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field and Planetary Camera-2 in B-band visible light (green); the Spitzer Space Telescope's Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) at 8 microns (red); and the Chandra X-ray Observatory's Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer-S array instrument (purple).

Provider: Galaxy Evolution Explorer

Image Source: http://www.galex.caltech.edu/media/glx2006-01r_img03.html

Curator: Galaxy Evolution Explorer

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Cartwheel Galaxy • PGC 2248 • ESO 350-40
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Lenticular
Galaxy > Type > Ring
Galaxy > Grouping > Multiple

Distance Details Distance

Universescale3
500,000,000 light years

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue GALEX (FUV) Ultraviolet (FUV) 150.0 nm
Green Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (B-band) 440.0 nm
Red Spitzer (IRAC) Infrared 8.0 µm
Purple Chandra (ACIS) X-ray 826.6 pm
Spectrum_xray1
Blue
Green
Red
Purple
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ID
glx2006-01r_img03
Subject Category
C.5.1.3.   C.5.1.5.   C.5.5.2.  
Subject Name
Cartwheel Galaxy, PGC 2248, ESO 350-40
Credits
NASA/JPL-Caltech/P. N. Appleton (SSC-Caltech)
Release Date
2006-01-11
Lightyears
500,000,000
Redshift
0.03019
Reference Url
http://www.galex.caltech.edu/media/glx2006-01r_img03.html
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Good
Distance Notes
Facility
GALEX, Hubble, Spitzer, Chandra
Instrument
FUV, WFPC2, IRAC, ACIS
Color Assignment
Blue, Green, Red, Purple
Band
Ultraviolet, Optical, Infrared, X-ray
Bandpass
FUV, B-band
Central Wavelength
150, 440, 8000, 0.82656
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
Quality
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
Galaxy Evolution Explorer
URL
http://www.galex.caltech.edu
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
City
State/Province
Postal Code
Country
Rights
Publisher
Galaxy Evolution Explorer
Publisher ID
galex
Resource ID
Resource URL
/image/galex/glx2006-01r_img03
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Metadata Date
2022-08-18T21:34:19Z
Metadata Version
1.2
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500,000,000 light years

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