Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1512 in Infrared Light

stsci_2001-16s May 31st, 2001

Credit: NASA, ESA, Dan Maoz (Tel-Aviv University, Israel, and Columbia University, USA)

The deeper orange (1.6 microns) moves farther into the infrared region of the spectrum. Image taken with HST's Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS).

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: NGC 1512
Subject - Local Universe: Galaxy > Type > Spiral; Galaxy > Type > Barred

Distance

30,000,000 light years

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 4h 3m 50.0s; DEC = -43° 20’ 55.5”
Orientation: North is 139.6° CW
Field of View: 0.4 x 0.4 arcminutes
Constellation: Horologium

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Hubble (NICMOS)	Infrared (H)	1.6 µm

ID: 2001-16s
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
Instrument: NICMOS
Color Assignment: Orange

Band: Infrared
Bandpass: H
Central Wavelength: 1600

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Integration Time
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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

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Resource ID: STSCI-H-p0116s-f-580x580.tif

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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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30,000,000 light years