Hubble Interacting Galaxy AM 0500-620

stsci_2008-16an April 25th, 2008

Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration, and W. Keel (University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa)

AM 0500-620 consists of a highly symmetric spiral galaxy seen nearly face-on and partially backlit by a background galaxy. The foreground spiral galaxy has a number of dust lanes between its arms. The background galaxy was earlier classified as an elliptical galaxy, but Hubble has now revealed a galaxy with dusty spiral arms and bright knots of stars. AM0500-620 is 350 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Dorado, the Swordfish.

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Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2008/news-2008-16

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: AM 0500-620
Subject - Local Universe: Galaxy > Type > Interacting; Galaxy > Grouping > Multiple

Distance

350,000,000 light years

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 5h 0m 34.2s; DEC = -62° 4’ 9.0”
Orientation: North is 158.3° CW
Field of View: 1.3 x 1.3 arcminutes
Constellation: Dorado

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (B)	435.0 nm
	Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (I)	814.0 nm
HSC:Galaxies > Interacting;March 31, 1997

ID: 2008-16an
Subject Category: C.5.1.7 C.5.5.2
Subject Name: AM 0500-620
Credits: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration, and W. Keel (University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa)

Release Date: 2008-04-25T00:00:00
Lightyears: 350,000,000
Redshift: 350,000,000
Reference Url: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2008/news-2008-16

Type: Observation
Image Quality: Good
Distance Notes: 350 million light-years (100 million parsecs)

Facility: Hubble, Hubble
Instrument: WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment: Cyan, Yellow

Band: Optical, Optical
Bandpass: B, I
Central Wavelength: 435, 814

Start Time: 1997-03-31T00:00:00, 1997-03-31T00:00:00
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes: H

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 75.1426647, -62.0691705
Reference Dimension: 1669.0, 1669.0

Reference Pixel: 835.5, 835.5
Scale: -1.25893e-05, 1.2589293e-05
Rotation: -158.34
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
FITS Header
Notes: WCS retrieved using CXCs PinpointWCS

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Resource ID: STSCI-H-p0816an-f-1669x1669.tif

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Related Resources: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2008/16

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

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350,000,000 light years