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Close-Up of Star Formation in the Antennae Galaxy (NGC 4038/4039)

Stsci_1997-34f_1024

stsci_1997-34f October 21st, 1997

Credit: Brad Whitmore (STScI) and NASA

A 1997 Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 4038/4039, Antennae.

Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute

Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1997/news-1997-34

Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA

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

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: NGC 4038/4039 • Antennae
Subject - Local Universe: Galaxy > Type > Interacting

Distance

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63,000,000 light years

Stsci_1997-34f_128

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 12h 1m 53.3s; DEC = -18° 52’ 23.8”
Orientation: North is 119.8° CCW
Field of View: 0.3 x 0.3 arcminutes
Constellation: Corvus

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Hubble (WFPC2)	Ultraviolet (U)	336.0 nm
	Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (B)	439.0 nm
	Hubble (WFPC2)	Infrared (V)	555.0 nm
	Hubble (WFPC2)	(I)	814.0 nm

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ID: 1997-34f
Subject Category: C.5.1.7
Subject Name: NGC 4038/4039, Antennae
Credits: Brad Whitmore (STScI) and NASA

Release Date: 1997-10-21T00:00:00
Lightyears: 63,000,000
Redshift: 63,000,000
Reference Url: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1997/news-1997-34

Type: Observation
Image Quality: Good
Distance Notes: Distance in Lightyears

Facility: Hubble, Hubble, Hubble, Hubble
Instrument: WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment

Band: Ultraviolet, Optical, Infrared
Bandpass: U, B, V, I
Central Wavelength: 336, 439, 555, 814

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: 2000.0
Reference Value: 180.47218194889, -18.87326742778
Reference Dimension: 400.00, 400.00

Reference Pixel: -622.41750534682, -277.56849368810
Scale: -0.00001386655, 0.00001386655
Rotation: 119.77327294264
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 1083.98 1484.65 106.00 190.00 1114.62 1518.48 136.00 102.00 1129.54 1537.13 152.00 59.00 1057.87 1506.49 170.88 213.54 997.14 1517.68 251.44 308.27 Center Pixel Coordinates: 200.00 180.47199737482 200.00 -18.88639179117

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-p9734f-f-400x400.tif

Resource URL: https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p9734f-f-400x400.tif
Related Resources: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1997/34

Metadata Date: 2022-07-06T00:00:00
Metadata Version: 1.2

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