A Cosmic Collision Between Two Galaxies, UGC 06471 and UGC 06472

Stsci_2001-04d_1024

stsci_2001-04d 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 UGC 06471, UGC 06472.

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/

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
UGC 06471 • UGC 06472
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Interacting

Distance Details Distance

Universescale3
145,000,000 light years
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Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 11h 28m 33.4s
DEC = 58° 33’ 53.0”
Orientation
North is 57.8° CCW
Field of View
1.0 x 0.9 arcminutes
Constellation
Ursa Major

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue Hubble (WFPC2) Ultraviolet (U) 255.0 nm
Green Hubble (WFPC2) Ultraviolet (U) 300.0 nm
Red Hubble (WFPC2) Infrared (I) 814.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Blue
Green
Red
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ID
2001-04d
Subject Category
C.5.1.7  
Subject Name
UGC 06471, UGC 06472
Credits
NASA, Rogier Windhorst (Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ), and the Hubble mid-UV team
Release Date
2001-01-11T00:00:00
Lightyears
145,000,000
Redshift
145,000,000
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, Hubble
Instrument
WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment
Blue, Green, Red
Band
Ultraviolet, Ultraviolet, Infrared
Bandpass
U, U, I
Central Wavelength
255, 300, 814
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
2000.0
Reference Value
172.13929551056, 58.56472172000
Reference Dimension
618.00, 557.00
Reference Pixel
113.99786080783, 169.07100266222
Scale
-0.00002776644, 0.00002776644
Rotation
57.81280775693
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 986.22 1102.23 124.75 471.14 1215.69 1294.10 411.42 375.58 1387.39 1211.62 432.99 185.99 1316.12 1205.06 389.81 243.38 Center Pixel Coordinates: 309.00 172.12893531923 278.50 58.56176756253
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-p0104d-f-618x557.tif
Resource URL
https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p0104d-f-618x557.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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145,000,000 light years

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