NICMOS Pa-alpha/continuum composite

Stsci_1998-14f_1024

stsci_1998-14f May 14th, 1998

Credit: E.J. Schreier (STScI), and NASA

A 1998 Hubble Space Telescope image of Centaurus A.

Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute

Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1998/news-1998-14

Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA

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

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Centaurus A
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Component > Central Black Hole

Distance Details Distance

Universescale2
10,000,000 light years
Stsci_1998-14f_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 13h 25m 27.5s
DEC = -43° 1’ 9.8”
Orientation
North is 163.2° CW
Field of View
0.3 x 0.3 arcminutes
Constellation
Centaurus

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Green Hubble (NICMOS) Infrared (Pa-alpha) 1.7 µm
Red Hubble (NICMOS) Infrared (Pa-continuumm) 1.6 µm
Spectrum_base
Green
Red
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ID
1998-14f
Subject Category
C.5.4.6  
Subject Name
Centaurus A
Credits
E.J. Schreier (STScI), and NASA
Release Date
1998-05-14T00:00:00
Lightyears
10,000,000
Redshift
10,000,000
Reference Url
https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1998/news-1998-14
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Good
Distance Notes
Distance in lightyears
Facility
Hubble, Hubble
Instrument
NICMOS, NICMOS
Color Assignment
Green, Red
Band
Infrared, Infrared
Bandpass
Pa-alpha, Pa-continuumm
Central Wavelength
1660, 1640
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
2000.0
Reference Value
201.36448140000, -43.01939050000
Reference Dimension
256.00, 256.00
Reference Pixel
122.54594666541, 104.80409327570
Scale
-0.00001685044, 0.00001685044
Rotation
-163.21035922011
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 156.84 267.08 165.21 148.82 157.73 249.21 167.33 156.73 173.00 274.43 158.65 146.70 159.15 282.69 163.09 142.85 Center Pixel Coordinates: 128.00 201.36477743762 128.00 -43.01977077873
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-p9814f-f-256x256.tif
Resource URL
https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p9814f-f-256x256.tif
Related Resources
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1998/14
Metadata Date
2022-07-06T00:00:00
Metadata Version
1.2
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