Wide View of Spiderweb Galaxy Field

Stsci_2006-45b_1024

stsci_2006-45b October 12th, 2006

Credit: NASA, ESA, G. Miley and R. Overzier (Leiden Observatory), and the ACS Science Team

A 2006 Hubble Space Telescope image of MRC 1138--262, Spiderweb Galaxy, B1 1138-26.

Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute

Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2006/news-2006-45

Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA

Image Use Policy: http://hubblesite.org/copyright/

Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
MRC 1138--262 Spiderweb Galaxy B1 1138-26
Subject - Distant Universe
Galaxy > Type > Interacting
Galaxy > Grouping > Multiple
Galaxy > Type > Irregular

Distance Details Distance

Universescale3
10,600,000,000 light years
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Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 11h 40m 47.6s
DEC = -26° 29’ 24.6”
Orientation
North is 175.0° CW
Field of View
2.1 x 1.4 arcminutes
Constellation
Hydra

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue Hubble (ACS) Optical (SDSS g) 475.0 nm
Green Hubble (ACS) Optical (SDSS g) 475.0 nm
Green Hubble (ACS) Optical (I) 814.0 nm
Red Hubble (ACS) Optical (I) 814.0 nm
May 17-22, 2005
Spectrum_base
Blue
Green
Green
Red
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ID
2006-45b
Subject Category
D.5.1.7   D.5.5.2   D.5.1.6  
Subject Name
MRC 1138--262, Spiderweb Galaxy, B1 1138-26
Credits
NASA, ESA, G. Miley and R. Overzier (Leiden Observatory), and the ACS Science Team
Release Date
2006-10-12T00:00:00
Lightyears
10,600,000,000
Redshift
10,600,000,000
Reference Url
https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2006/news-2006-45
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Good
Distance Notes
10.6 billion light-years (3.2 billion parsecs)
Facility
Hubble, Hubble, Hubble, Hubble
Instrument
ACS, ACS, ACS, ACS
Color Assignment
Blue, Green, Green, Red
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
SDSS g, SDSS g, I, I
Central Wavelength
475, 475, 814, 814
Start Time
2005-05-17T00:00:00, 2005-05-17T00:00:00, 2005-05-17T00:00:00, 2005-05-17T00:00:00
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
M
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
2000.0
Reference Value
175.19820952231, -26.49015561881
Reference Dimension
2476.00, 1669.00
Reference Pixel
441.61024447262, 1588.82901659625
Scale
-0.00001391358, 0.00001391358
Rotation
-175.00728677462
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 1021.01 649.31 807.97 414.63 654.90 521.85 2011.40 721.04 978.79 307.04 1038.06 1492.92 1216.49 591.98 200.38 652.38 Center Pixel Coordinates: 1238.00 175.20949370293 834.50 -26.47876323501
Creator (Curator)
STScI
URL
http://hubblesite.org
Name
Space Telescope Science Institute Office of Public Outreach
Email
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-p0645b-f-2476x1669.tif
Resource URL
https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p0645b-f-2476x1669.tif
Related Resources
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2006/45
Metadata Date
2022-07-06T00:00:00
Metadata Version
1.2
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