Full ACS Image of NGC 5866
stsci_2006-24b June 8th, 2006
Credit: NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) Acknowledgment: W. Keel (University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa)
NGC 5866 is an edge-on galaxy that is tilted to our line-of-sight. It is classified as an S0 lenticular, due to its flat stellar disk and large ellipsoidal bulge. NGC 5866 lies in the Northern constellation Draco, at a distance of 44 million light-years (13.5 Megaparsecs). It has a diameter of roughly 60,000 light-years (18,400 parsecs). This Hubble image of NGC 5866 is a combination of blue, green and red observations taken with the Hubble Telescope's Advanced Camera for Surveys in February 2006.
Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute
Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2006/news-2006-24
Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA
Image Use Policy: http://hubblesite.org/copyright/
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Color Mapping
- ID
- 2006-24b
- Subject Category
- C.5.1.1
- Subject Name
- NGC 5866
- Credits
- NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) Acknowledgment: W. Keel (University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa)
- Release Date
- 2006-06-08T00:00:00
- Lightyears
- 44,000,000
- Redshift
- 44,000,000
- Reference Url
- https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2006/news-2006-24
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- 44 million light-years (13.5 Megaparsecs)
- Facility
- Hubble, Hubble, Hubble
- Instrument
- ACS, ACS, ACS
- Color Assignment
- Blue, Green, Red
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- B, V, R
- Central Wavelength
- 435, 555, 625
- Start Time
- 2006-02-11T00:00:00, 2006-02-11T00:00:00, 2006-02-11T00:00:00
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- 1
- Coordinate Frame
- FK5
- Equinox
- 2000.0
- Reference Value
- 151.1467158760000018, 41.2043580765000002
- Reference Dimension
- 2316.0000000000000000, 1616.0000000000000000
- Reference Pixel
- 581.8505496980000089, 1084.0303497309998875
- Scale
- 0.0000138962762403, -0.0000138962762403
- Rotation
- 90.0196861389273124
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- 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-p0624b-f-3863x4005.tif
- Resource URL
- https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p0624b-f-3863x4005.tif
- Related Resources
- http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2006/24
- Metadata Date
- 2022-07-06T00:00:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
