The Central Region of the "Star-Burst" Spiral Galaxy NGC 3310

Stsci_2001-04b_1024

stsci_2001-04b January 11th, 2001

Credit: NASA, Rogier Windhorst (Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ), and the Hubble mid-UV team

A 2001 Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 3310.

Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute

Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2001/news-2001-04

Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA

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

Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
NGC 3310
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Spiral
Galaxy > Activity > Starburst

Distance Details Distance

Universescale2
46,000,000 light years
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Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 10h 38m 44.8s
DEC = 53° 30’ 29.1”
Orientation
North is 150.5° CCW
Field of View
1.3 x 1.2 arcminutes
Constellation
Ursa Major

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue Hubble (WFPC2) Ultraviolet (U) 300.0 nm
Red Hubble (WFPC2) Infrared (I) 814.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Blue
Red
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ID
2001-04b
Subject Category
C.5.1.1   C.5.3.3  
Subject Name
NGC 3310
Credits
NASA, Rogier Windhorst (Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ), and the Hubble mid-UV team
Release Date
2001-01-11T00:00:00
Lightyears
46,000,000
Redshift
46,000,000
Reference Url
https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2001/news-2001-04
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Good
Distance Notes
Distance in Lightyears
Facility
Hubble, Hubble
Instrument
WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment
Blue, Red
Band
Ultraviolet, Infrared
Bandpass
U, I
Central Wavelength
300, 814
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
2000.0
Reference Value
159.68666893944, 53.50809391583
Reference Dimension
766.00, 748.00
Reference Pixel
103.93648050786, 165.64361697448
Scale
-0.00002768706, 0.00002768706
Rotation
150.46852695583
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 855.21 1185.13 341.45 561.63 802.79 1203.20 396.32 572.47 882.16 1271.78 360.91 473.32 817.10 1299.84 431.55 480.37 855.26 1327.85 412.11 437.34 Center Pixel Coordinates: 383.00 159.69316277040 374.00 53.49925151230
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-p0104b-f-766x748.tif
Resource URL
https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p0104b-f-766x748.tif
Related Resources
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2001/04
Metadata Date
2022-07-06T00:00:00
Metadata Version
1.2
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