Javascript must be enabled to use AstroPix. Learn How!

NGC 7537

Stsci_1999-34n_1024

stsci_1999-34n October 6th, 1999

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

A 1999 Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 7537.

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/

View Options

Fullscreen

View in WorldWide Telescope

Download Options

Full Size Image (355 x 355)
Source File

Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: NGC 7537
Subject - Local Universe: Galaxy > Component > Bulge; Galaxy > Type > Spiral

Distance

Universescale3

120,000,000 light years

Stsci_1999-34n_128

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 23h 14m 34.5s; DEC = 4° 29’ 54.4”
Orientation: North is 4.7° CW
Field of View: 0.3 x 0.3 arcminutes
Constellation: Pisces

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (B)	450.0 nm
	Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (I)	814.0 nm
	Hubble (NICMOS)	Infrared (H)	1.6 µm

Spectrum_base

Blue

Green

Red

Stsci_1999-34n_1280

×

ID: 1999-34n
Subject Category: C.5.4.1 C.5.1.1
Subject Name: NGC 7537
Credits: NASA, ESA, and Reynier Peletier (University of Nottingham, United Kingdom)

Release Date: 1999-10-06T00:00:00
Lightyears: 120,000,000
Redshift: 120,000,000
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: 348.64360116169, 4.49844511344
Reference Dimension: 355.00, 355.00

Reference Pixel: 143.58569946605, 185.70803653409
Scale: -0.00001261586, 0.00001261586
Rotation: -4.70507596175
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 452.63 460.14 114.70 204.52 439.23 472.17 102.95 195.54 434.61 481.76 91.21 192.78 367.95 529.07 29.19 138.98 349.55 533.40 21.35 121.11 353.06 480.71 72.66 111.48 414.22 302.09 260.99 132.70 426.73 273.75 292.28 140.07 Center Pixel Coordinates: 177.50 348.64316602452 177.50 4.49839466961

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-p9934n-f-355x355.tif

Resource URL: https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p9934n-f-355x355.tif
Related Resources

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

×

Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

×

Universescalefull

120,000,000 light years

Providers | Sign In

Nasa_partner

NASA’s Universe of Learning materials are based upon work supported by NASA under cooperative agreement award number NNX16AC65A to the Space Telescope Science Institute, working in partnership with Caltech/IPAC, Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian, and NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The award is part of NASA’s Science Activation program, which strives to further enable NASA science experts and content into the learning environment more effectively and efficiently with learners of all ages.