Galaxy NGC 3079

stsci_2001-28b August 16th, 2001

Credit: NASA, Gerald Cecil (University of North Carolina), Sylvain Veilleux (University of Maryland), Joss Bland-Hawthorn (Anglo- Australian Observatory), and Alex Filippenko (University of California at Berkeley).

A 2001 Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 3079.

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Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2001/news-2001-28

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: NGC 3079
Subject - Local Universe: Galaxy > Type > Spiral; Galaxy > Activity > AGN > Quasar

Distance

50,000,000 light years

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 10h 1m 56.8s; DEC = 55° 40’ 15.5”
Orientation: North is 42.7° CW
Field of View: 2.7 x 2.2 arcminutes
Constellation: Ursa Major

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (NII)	658.0 nm
Hubble (WFPC2)	Infrared (I)	814.0 nm

ID: 2001-28b
Subject Category: C.5.1.1 C.5.3.2.1
Subject Name: NGC 3079
Credits: NASA, Gerald Cecil (University of North Carolina), Sylvain Veilleux (University of Maryland), Joss Bland-Hawthorn (Anglo- Australian Observatory), and Alex Filippenko (University of California at Berkeley).

Release Date: 2001-08-16T00:00:00
Lightyears: 50,000,000
Redshift: 50,000,000
Reference Url: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2001/news-2001-28

Type: Observation
Image Quality: Good
Distance Notes: Distance in Lightyears

Facility: Hubble, Hubble
Instrument: WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment: Green, Red

Band: Optical, Infrared
Bandpass: NII, I
Central Wavelength: 658, 814

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Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: 2000.0
Reference Value: 150.48675501333, 55.67096703167
Reference Dimension: 2329.00, 1845.00

Reference Pixel: 849.46626509367, 548.99770340690
Scale: -0.00001943609, 0.00001943609
Rotation: -42.67622488662
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 700.56 605.39 921.00 695.00 781.01 388.48 1213.41 542.04 788.69 323.36 1284.46 482.17 888.82 332.84 1379.39 590.23 806.98 1092.43 564.52 1307.43 827.04 978.87 693.45 1209.97 Center Pixel Coordinates: 1164.50 150.48745472837 922.50 55.68049891045

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Publisher: STScI
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Resource ID: STSCI-H-p0128b-f-2329x1845.tif

Resource URL: https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p0128b-f-2329x1845.tif
Related Resources: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2001/28

Metadata Date: 2022-07-06T00:00:00
Metadata Version: 1.2

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50,000,000 light years