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NGC 4438

Stsci_2000-21b_1024

stsci_2000-21b June 5th, 2000

Credit: NASA/ESA, Jeffrey Kenney (Yale University), Elizabeth Yale (Yale University)

A 2000 Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 4438.

Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute

Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2000/news-2000-21

Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA

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

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: NGC 4438
Subject - Local Universe: Galaxy > Component > Central Black Hole

Distance

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50,000,000 light years

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Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 12h 27m 41.5s; DEC = 12° 59’ 43.6”
Orientation: North is 81.4° CCW
Field of View: 0.5 x 0.4 arcminutes
Constellation: Virgo

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (B)	450.0 nm
	Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (H-alpha)	656.0 nm
	Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (NII)	658.0 nm
	Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (R)	675.0 nm
	Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (I)	814.0 nm

Spectrum_base

Blue

Green

Magenta

Yellow

Red

Stsci_2000-21b_1280

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ID: 2000-21b
Subject Category: C.5.4.6
Subject Name: NGC 4438
Credits: NASA/ESA, Jeffrey Kenney (Yale University), Elizabeth Yale (Yale University)

Release Date: 2000-06-05T00:00:00
Lightyears: 50,000,000
Redshift: 50,000,000
Reference Url: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2000/news-2000-21

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

Facility: Hubble, Hubble, Hubble, Hubble, Hubble
Instrument: WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment: Blue, Green, Magenta, Yellow, Red

Band: Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: B, H-alpha, NII, R, I
Central Wavelength: 450, 656, 658, 675, 814

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: 2000.0
Reference Value: 186.92289037639, 12.99544963139
Reference Dimension: 316.00, 245.00

Reference Pixel: 709.60087965116, 651.71481135039
Scale: -0.00002746518, 0.00002746518
Rotation: 81.39618087564
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 276.93 479.56 201.43 146.80 327.92 485.77 215.45 96.64 247.38 420.38 138.79 166.12 242.83 331.39 50.18 155.95 277.13 327.31 51.10 121.21 Center Pixel Coordinates: 158.00 186.94019788526 122.50 13.00840669397

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-p0021b-f-316x245.tif

Resource URL: https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p0021b-f-316x245.tif
Related Resources: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2000/21

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

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