Hubble Interacting Galaxy NGC 6050
stsci_2008-16al April 25th, 2008
Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration, and K. Noll (STScI)
NGC 6050/IC 1179 (Arp 272) is a remarkable collision between two spiral galaxies, NGC 6050 and IC 1179, and is part of the Hercules Galaxy Cluster, located in the constellation of Hercules. The galaxy cluster is part of the Great Wall of clusters and superclusters, the largest known structure in the universe. The two spiral galaxies are linked by their swirling arms. Arp 272 is located some 450 million light-years away from Earth and is the number 272 in Arp's Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies.
Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute
Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2008/news-2008-16
Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Image Details
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Position Details
Color Mapping
- ID
- 2008-16al
- Subject Category
- C.5.1.7 C.5.5.2
- Subject Name
- NGC 6050
- Credits
- NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration, and K. Noll (STScI)
- Release Date
- 2008-04-25T00:00:00
- Lightyears
- 150,000,000
- Redshift
- 150,000,000
- Reference Url
- https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2008/news-2008-16
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- 150 million light-years (50 million parsecs)
- Facility
- Hubble, Hubble, Hubble
- Instrument
- WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2
- Color Assignment
- Blue, Green, Red
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- B, V, I
- Central Wavelength
- 450, 555, 814
- Start Time
- 2007-02-13T00:00:00, 2007-02-14T00:00:00, 2007-02-12T00:00:00
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- H
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 241.3458210, 17.7564004
- Reference Dimension
- 1052.0, 1052.0
- Reference Pixel
- 527.0, 527.0
- Scale
- -1.67009e-05, 1.6700863e-05
- Rotation
- 31.8
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- WCS retrieved using CXCs PinpointWCS
- 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-p0816al-f-1052x1052.tif
- Resource URL
- https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p0816al-f-1052x1052.tif
- Related Resources
- http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2008/16
- Metadata Date
- 2022-07-06T00:00:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
