Close-Up of Galaxy NGC 6946 in Infrared

Stsci_1999-10e_1024

stsci_1999-10e March 18th, 1999

Credit: Torsten Boeker, Space Telescope Science Institute, and NASA/ESA

A 1999 Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 6946.

Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute

Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1999/news-1999-10

Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA

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

Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
NGC 6946
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Spiral

Distance Details Distance

Universescale2
20,000,000 light years
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Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 20h 34m 51.1s
DEC = 60° 9’ 24.8”
Orientation
North is 38.0° CCW
Field of View
0.8 x 0.8 arcminutes
Constellation
Cygnus

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue Hubble (NICMOS) Infrared (H) 1.6 µm
Red Hubble (NICMOS) Infrared (Pa-alpha) 1.9 µm
Spectrum_base
Blue
Red
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ID
1999-10e
Subject Category
C.5.1.1  
Subject Name
NGC 6946
Credits
Torsten Boeker, Space Telescope Science Institute, and NASA/ESA
Release Date
1999-03-18T00:00:00
Lightyears
20,000,000
Redshift
20,000,000
Reference Url
https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1999/news-1999-10
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Good
Distance Notes
Distance in lightyears
Facility
Hubble, Hubble
Instrument
NICMOS, NICMOS
Color Assignment
Blue, Red
Band
Infrared, Infrared
Bandpass
H, Pa-alpha
Central Wavelength
1600, 1870
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
2000.0
Reference Value
308.71291397310, 60.15688581183
Reference Dimension
492.00, 492.00
Reference Pixel
280.33715426622, 276.24207095183
Scale
-0.00002751580, 0.00002751580
Rotation
38.02821560195
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 197.58 40.77 394.78 411.06 156.36 59.36 312.88 372.40 163.53 56.68 326.61 377.99 136.20 57.35 273.00 376.47 131.72 39.65 263.52 412.54 150.76 28.45 301.42 435.75 Center Pixel Coordinates: 246.00 308.71236520323 246.00 60.15564874116
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-p9910e-f-492x492.tif
Resource URL
https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p9910e-f-492x492.tif
Related Resources
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1999/10
Metadata Date
2022-07-06T00:00:00
Metadata Version
1.2
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