Hubble ACS image of NGC 1275
stsci_2008-28a August 20th, 2008
Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration; Acknowledgment: A. Fabian (Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, UK)
This Hubble Space Telescope image of galaxy NGC 1275 reveals the fine, thread-like filamentary structures in the gas surrounding the galaxy. The red filaments are composed of cool gas being suspended by a magnetic field, and are surrounded by the 100-million-degree Fahrenheit hot gas in the center of the Perseus galaxy cluster. At a distance of 230 million light-years, NGC 1275 is one of the closest giant elliptical galaxies and lies at the center of the Perseus cluster of galaxies. The galaxy was photographed in July and August 2006 with the Advanced Camera for Surveys in three color filters.
Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute
Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2008/news-2008-28
Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA
Image Use Policy: http://hubblesite.org/copyright/
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Color Mapping
- ID
- 2008-28a
- Subject Category
- C.5.3.2
- Subject Name
- NGC 1275, Perseus A, 3C 84
- Credits
- NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration; Acknowledgment: A. Fabian (Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, UK)
- Release Date
- 2008-08-20T00:00:00+00:00
- Lightyears
- 230,000,000
- Redshift
- 230,000,000
- Reference Url
- https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2008/news-2008-28
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- About 230 million light-years (70 Megaparsecs)
- Facility
- Hubble, Hubble, Hubble
- Instrument
- ACS, ACS, ACS
- Color Assignment
- Blue, Green, Red
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- B, y, r
- Central Wavelength
- 435, 550, 625
- Start Time
- 2006-07-29T00:00:00, 2006-07-29T00:00:00, 2006-07-29T00:00:00
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- J
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 49.9516191, 41.5113889
- Reference Dimension
- 4633.0, 3590.0
- Reference Pixel
- 2317.5, 1796.0
- Scale
- -1.38684e-05, 1.3868438e-05
- Rotation
- 8.5
- 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-p0828a-f-4633x3590.tif
- Resource URL
- https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p0828a-f-4633x3590.tif
- Related Resources
- http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2008/28
- Metadata Date
- 2022-07-06T00:00:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
