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Dust Disk Around a Black Hole in Galaxy NGC 7052

Stsci_1998-22b_1024

stsci_1998-22b June 18th, 1998

Credit: Roeland P. van der Marel (STScI)

A 1998 Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 7052.

Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute

Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1998/news-1998-22

Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA

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

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: NGC 7052
Subject - Local Universe: Galaxy > Component > Central Black Hole; Galaxy > Type > Elliptical

Distance

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191,000,000 light years

Stsci_1998-22b_128

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 21h 18m 32.9s; DEC = 26° 26’ 46.0”
Orientation: North is 163.2° CW
Field of View: 0.1 x 0.1 arcminutes
Constellation: Vulpecula

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Hubble (WFPC2)		-
	Hubble (WFPC2)		-

Stsci_1998-22b_1280

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ID: 1998-22b
Subject Category: C.5.4.6 C.5.1.4
Subject Name: NGC 7052
Credits: Roeland P. van der Marel (STScI)

Release Date: 1998-06-18T00:00:00
Lightyears: 191,000,000
Redshift: 191,000,000
Reference Url: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1998/news-1998-22

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

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

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Central Wavelength

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Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: 2000.0
Reference Value: 319.63695247393, 26.44612316274
Reference Dimension: 489.00, 438.00

Reference Pixel: 67.73267947736, 579.50991999307
Scale: -0.00000296034, 0.00000296034
Rotation: -163.20580999526
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 325.62 402.02 234.00 229.00 340.62 385.38 145.04 238.70 330.62 391.75 186.35 245.76 289.22 432.44 427.49 243.51 Center Pixel Coordinates: 244.50 319.63715277382 219.00 26.44739019383

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-p9822b-f-489x438.tif

Resource URL: https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p9822b-f-489x438.tif
Related Resources: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1998/22

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

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