Early Hubble Image of Galaxy NGC 1068

Stsci_1994-07b_1024

stsci_1994-07b January 13th, 1994

Credit: NASA, STScI, A.Boksenberg

A 1994 Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 1068 before COSTAR.

Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute

Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1994/news-1994-07

Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA

Image Use Policy: http://hubblesite.org/copyright/

Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
NGC 1068
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Activity > AGN > Seyfert

Distance Details Distance

Universescale2
60,000,000 light years
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Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 2h 42m 40.7s
DEC = 0° 0’ 47.8”
Orientation
North is 60.1° CW
Field of View
0.3 x 0.3 arcminutes
Constellation
Cetus

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (FOC) Ultraviolet 550.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
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ID
1994-07b
Subject Category
C.5.3.2.2  
Subject Name
NGC 1068
Credits
NASA, STScI, A.Boksenberg
Release Date
1994-01-13T00:00:00
Lightyears
60,000,000
Redshift
60,000,000
Reference Url
https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1994/news-1994-07
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Good
Distance Notes
Light years
Facility
Hubble
Instrument
FOC
Color Assignment
Red
Band
Ultraviolet
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
550
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
2000.0
Reference Value
40.66969773451, -0.01326702909
Reference Dimension
808.00, 809.00
Reference Pixel
334.17120832568, 472.12831038933
Scale
-0.00000546467, 0.00000546467
Rotation
-60.05601840061
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
World Coordinate System resolved using PinpointWCS 0.9.2 revision 218+ by the Chandra X-ray Center FITS X FITS Y EPO X EPO Y 225.79 51.93 332.67 101.71 332.25 58.37 497.95 105.95 294.09 363.68 370.74 460.81 218.02 472.37 227.62 589.03 Center Pixel Coordinates: 404.00 40.66920676519 404.50 -0.01323510950
Creator (Curator)
STScI
URL
http://hubblesite.org
Name
Space Telescope Science Institute Office of Public Outreach
Email
outreach@stsci.edu
Telephone
410-338-4444
Address
3700 San Martin Drive
City
Baltimore
State/Province
MD
Postal Code
21218
Country
USA
Rights
http://hubblesite.org/copyright/
Publisher
STScI
Publisher ID
stsci
Resource ID
STSCI-H-p9407b-f-808x809.tif
Resource URL
https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p9407b-f-808x809.tif
Related Resources
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1994/07
Metadata Date
2022-07-06T00:00:00
Metadata Version
1.2
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