Disk of M82

stsci_2006-14c April 24th, 2006

Credit: NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

A portion of M82's bluish disk, largely composed of young, hot stars. Numerous bright blue-white star-forming clumps and wisps of darker, cooler dust and gas appear superimposed on the disk.

Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute

Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2006/news-2006-14

Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: M82 • NGC 3034
Subject - Local Universe: Galaxy > Activity > AGN; Galaxy > Type > Irregular

Distance

12,000,000 light years

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 9h 55m 59.0s; DEC = 69° 44’ 44.9”
Orientation: North is 50.0° CCW
Field of View: 0.5 x 1.0 arcminutes
Constellation: Ursa Major

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Hubble (ACS)	Optical (B)	435.0 nm
	Hubble (ACS)	Optical (V)	555.0 nm
	Hubble (ACS)	Optical (Halpha)	658.0 nm
	Hubble (ACS)	Optical (I)	814.0 nm
March 27-29, 2006

ID: 2006-14c
Subject Category: C.5.3.2 C.5.1.6
Subject Name: M82, NGC 3034
Credits: NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

Release Date: 2006-04-24T00:00:00
Lightyears: 12,000,000
Redshift: 12,000,000
Reference Url: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2006/news-2006-14

Type: Observation
Image Quality: Good
Distance Notes: 12 million light-years (3.7 Megaparsecs)

Facility: Hubble, Hubble, Hubble, Hubble
Instrument: ACS, ACS, ACS, ACS
Color Assignment: Blue, Green, Orange, Red

Band: Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: B, V, Halpha, I
Central Wavelength: 435, 555, 658, 814

Start Time: 2006-03-27T00:00:00, 2006-03-27T00:00:00, 2006-03-27T00:00:00, 2006-03-27T00:00:00
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes: M

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: 2000.0
Reference Value: 148.99601814589, 69.74581684518
Reference Dimension: 600.00, 1200.00

Reference Pixel: 5551.08159438430, -2156.41031451799
Scale: -0.00001386375, 0.00001386375
Rotation: 50.02998426091
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

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Publisher: STScI
Publisher ID: stsci
Resource ID: STSCI-H-p0614c-f-600x1200.tif

Resource URL: https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p0614c-f-600x1200.tif
Related Resources: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2006/14

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

Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

12,000,000 light years