Spiral Galaxy NGC 5965

Stsci_1999-34l_1024

stsci_1999-34l October 6th, 1999

Credit: NASA, ESA, and Reynier Peletier (University of Nottingham, United Kingdom)

A 1999 Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 5965.

Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute

Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1999/news-1999-34

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
NGC 5965
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Component > Bulge
Galaxy > Type > Spiral

Distance Details Distance

Universescale3
150,000,000 light years
Stsci_1999-34l_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 15h 34m 2.4s
DEC = 56° 41’ 9.9”
Orientation
North is 88.6° CCW
Field of View
0.3 x 0.3 arcminutes
Constellation
Draco

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (B) 450.0 nm
Green Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (I) 814.0 nm
Red Hubble (NICMOS) Infrared (H) 1.6 µm
Spectrum_base
Blue
Green
Red
Stsci_1999-34l_1280
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ID
1999-34l
Subject Category
C.5.4.1   C.5.1.1  
Subject Name
NGC 5965
Credits
NASA, ESA, and Reynier Peletier (University of Nottingham, United Kingdom)
Release Date
1999-10-06T00:00:00
Lightyears
150,000,000
Redshift
150,000,000
Reference Url
https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1999/news-1999-34
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Good
Distance Notes
Distance in Lightyears
Facility
Hubble, Hubble, Hubble
Instrument
WFPC2, WFPC2, NICMOS
Color Assignment
Blue, Green, Red
Band
Optical, Optical, Infrared
Bandpass
B, I, H
Central Wavelength
450, 814, 1600
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
Reference Value
233.50979273642, 56.68608988455
Reference Dimension
415.00, 415.00
Reference Pixel
118.85813671564, 219.52312584045
Scale
-0.00001164160, 0.00001164160
Rotation
88.61163503037
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 420.96 341.95 204.05 212.68 406.95 331.28 215.42 200.14 450.95 384.25 159.91 234.80 Center Pixel Coordinates: 207.50 233.50960520639 207.50 56.68499185023
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-p9934l-f-415x415.tif
Metadata Date
2022-07-06T00:00:00
Metadata Version
1.2
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