The Heart of the Galaxy M82 in Infrared Light

Stsci_2001-08g_1024

stsci_2001-08g March 7th, 2001

Credit: NASA, ESA & R. de Grijs (Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge, UK)

A 2001 Hubble Space Telescope image of M82, NGC 3034.

Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute

Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2001/news-2001-08

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
M82 • NGC 3034
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Activity > Starburst

Distance Details Distance

Universescale2
12,000,000 light years
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Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 9h 55m 59.9s
DEC = 69° 41’ 9.6”
Orientation
North is 70.8° CCW
Field of View
0.7 x 1.0 arcminutes
Constellation
Ursa Major

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue Hubble (NICMOS) Infrared (J) 1.1 µm
Red Hubble (NICMOS) Infrared (H) 1.6 µm
Spectrum_base
Blue
Red
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ID
2001-08g
Subject Category
C.5.3.3  
Subject Name
M82, NGC 3034
Credits
NASA, ESA & R. de Grijs (Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge, UK)
Release Date
2001-03-07T00:00:00
Lightyears
12,000,000
Redshift
12,000,000
Reference Url
https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2001/news-2001-08
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Good
Distance Notes
Distance in Lightyears
Facility
Hubble, Hubble
Instrument
NICMOS, NICMOS
Color Assignment
Blue, Red
Band
Infrared, Infrared
Bandpass
J, H
Central Wavelength
1100, 1600
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
2000.0
Reference Value
148.99940875000, 69.68599170000
Reference Dimension
984.00, 1297.00
Reference Pixel
490.87871507270, 643.03706609480
Scale
-0.00001254024, 0.00001254024
Rotation
70.80687238640
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 1057.52 808.28 656.68 357.43 1208.62 754.59 656.68 179.55 971.17 893.12 714.86 478.79 903.03 1049.49 853.54 605.41 1247.57 907.37 830.01 193.94 Center Pixel Coordinates: 492.00 148.99917518661 648.50 69.68600504186
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-p0108g-f-984x1297.tif
Resource URL
https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p0108g-f-984x1297.tif
Related Resources
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2001/08
Metadata Date
2022-07-06T00:00:00
Metadata Version
1.2
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12,000,000 light years

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