McDonald Observatory image of NGC 4314

stsci_1998-21c June 11th, 1998

Credit: G. Fritz Benedict, Andrew Howell

The image, taken in February 1996 by the 30-inch telescope Prime Focus Camera at the McDonald Observatory in Texas, shows the entire galaxy, including the bar of stars bisecting the core and the outer spiral arms, which begin near the ends of this bar.

Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute

Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1998/news-1998-21

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: NGC 4314
Subject - Local Universe: Galaxy > Type > Spiral

Distance

40,000,000 light years

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 12h 22m 31.8s; DEC = 29° 53’ 45.4”
Orientation: North is 0.6° CCW
Field of View: 8.0 x 8.0 arcminutes
Constellation: Coma Berenices

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	0.8-meter Telescope McDonald Observatory (Prime Focus Camera)	Optical	-

ID: 1998-21c
Subject Category: C.5.1.1
Subject Name: NGC 4314
Credits: G. Fritz Benedict, Andrew Howell

Release Date: 1998-06-11T00:00:00
Lightyears: 40,000,000
Redshift: 40,000,000
Reference Url: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1998/news-1998-21

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

Facility: 0.8-meter Telescope McDonald Observatory
Instrument: Prime Focus Camera
Color Assignment: Grayscale

Band: Optical
Bandpass
Central Wavelength

Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: 2000.0
Reference Value: 185.63266100000, 29.89594500000
Reference Dimension: 353.00, 353.00

Reference Pixel: 176.59073317509, 178.37090749955
Scale: -0.00037540764, 0.00037540764
Rotation: 0.64917314446
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

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Publisher: STScI
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Resource ID: STSCI-H-p9821c-f-353x353.tif

Resource URL: https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p9821c-f-353x353.tif
Related Resources: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1998/21

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

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40,000,000 light years