HST Image Overlay on Ground-based Image

stsci_2004-04b February 5th, 2004

Credit: NOAO/AURA/NSF and N.A. Sharp (NOAO)

This picture of M64 is a color composite of CCD images from the 0.9-meter telescope of the Kitt Peak National Observatory, near Tucson, Arizona, taken in January 1997. The image has been rotated and an overlay of the HST image outline has been superposed.

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Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2004/news-2004-04

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: M64 • NGC 4826 • Black Eye Galaxy
Subject - Local Universe: Galaxy > Type > Spiral

Distance

17,000,000 light years

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 12h 56m 43.5s; DEC = 21° 41’ 47.1”
Orientation: North is 155.7° CW
Field of View: 2.4 x 2.4 arcminutes
Constellation: Coma Berenices

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (B)	450.0 nm
Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (Strömgren y)	547.0 nm
Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (H-alpha)	656.0 nm
Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (I)	814.0 nm

ID: 2004-04b
Subject Category: C.5.1.1
Subject Name: M64, NGC 4826, Black Eye Galaxy
Credits: NOAO/AURA/NSF and N.A. Sharp (NOAO)

Release Date: 2004-02-05T00:00:00
Lightyears: 17,000,000
Redshift: 17,000,000
Reference Url: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2004/news-2004-04

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

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

Band: Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: B, Strömgren y, H-alpha, I
Central Wavelength: 450, 547, 656, 814

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Integration Time
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Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: 2000.0
Reference Value: 194.18130959056, 21.69642056278
Reference Dimension: 1465.00, 1485.00

Reference Pixel: 829.02066461920, 134.70779429266
Scale: -0.00002737664, 0.00002737664
Rotation: -155.73620099405
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 1262.56 1333.45 550.75 1193.53 1157.21 1288.08 666.42 1191.16 1220.94 1444.01 543.44 1074.40 1167.97 1340.96 634.00 1145.62 Center Pixel Coordinates: 732.50 194.18607525184 742.50 21.68010691246

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Resource ID: STSCI-H-p0404b-f-1465x1485.tif

Resource URL: https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p0404b-f-1465x1485.tif
Related Resources: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2004/04

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

Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

17,000,000 light years