Wide view of Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1512
stsci_2001-16aa May 31st, 2001
Credit: NASA, ESA, Dan Maoz (Tel-Aviv University, Israel, and Columbia University, USA)
The NASA Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 snapped this wide view of the nearby barred spiral galaxy NGC 1512. A wispy bar of material can barely be seen slicing vertically through the galaxy. The bar is funneling gas to the heart of the galaxy, fueling a ring of star birth. Blue-colored stars along the galaxy's outer edge trace the grand spiral arms.
Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute
Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2001/news-2001-16
Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Image Details
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- ID
- 2001-16aa
- Subject Category
- C.5.1.1 C.5.1.2
- Subject Name
- NGC 1512
- Credits
- NASA, ESA, Dan Maoz (Tel-Aviv University, Israel, and Columbia University, USA)
- Release Date
- 2001-05-31T00:00:00
- Lightyears
- 30,000,000
- Redshift
- 30,000,000
- Reference Url
- https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2001/news-2001-16
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- Distance in Lightyears
- Facility
- Hubble, Hubble, Hubble, Hubble
- Instrument
- WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2
- Color Assignment
- Blue, Green, Yellow, Red
- Band
- Ultraviolet, Optical, Optical, Infrared
- Bandpass
- U, Strömgren y, Ha, I
- Central Wavelength
- 336, 547, 658, 814
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- 2000.0
- Reference Value
- 60.95828215000, -43.34874200000
- Reference Dimension
- 564.00, 573.00
- Reference Pixel
- -476.86685374927, -357.94764287855
- Scale
- -0.00001268361, 0.00001268361
- Rotation
- -139.62488675877
- 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 629.36 1021.76 338.33 396.60 647.58 1054.47 261.63 366.87 659.96 1099.05 178.38 309.79 659.67 1114.81 156.85 282.43 645.21 1019.97 314.65 421.76 Center Pixel Coordinates: 282.00 60.97579139898 286.50 -43.34877585190
- Creator (Curator)
- STScI
- URL
- http://hubblesite.org
- Name
- Space Telescope Science Institute Office of Public Outreach
- 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-p0116aa-f-1517x1491.tif
- Resource URL
- https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p0116aa-f-1517x1491.tif
- Related Resources
- http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2001/16
- Metadata Date
- 2022-07-06T00:00:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
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