Virgo Cluster Galaxy VCC 1993
stsci_2008-30e August 5th, 2008
Credit: NASA, ESA, and E. Peng (Peking University, Beijing)
2MASX J12441198+1256306 is a dwarf galaxy near the outskirts of the Virgo cluster of galaxies, the nearest large galaxy cluster to Earth. The galaxy was imaged by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope during a survey of Virgo cluster galaxies. Comprised of over 2,000 galaxies, the Virgo cluster is located about 54 million light-years away.
Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute
Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2008/news-2008-30
Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- ID
- 2008-30e
- Subject Category
- C.5.5.3 C.3.6.4.2
- Subject Name
- VCC 1993, 2MASX J12441198+1256306
- Credits
- NASA, ESA, and E. Peng (Peking University, Beijing)
- Release Date
- 2008-08-05T00:00:00+00:00
- Lightyears
- 53,500,000
- Redshift
- 53,500,000
- Reference Url
- https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2008/news-2008-30
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- 16.4 Mpc or 53.5 million light-years
- Facility
- Hubble, Hubble
- Instrument
- ACS, ACS
- Color Assignment
- Cyan, Orange
- Band
- Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- g, z
- Central Wavelength
- 475, 850
- Start Time
- 2003-01-31T00:00:00, 2003-01-31T00:00:00
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- 3
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 191.0506880, 12.9416581
- Reference Dimension
- 2000.0, 2000.0
- Reference Pixel
- 1001.0, 1001.0
- Scale
- -1.38053e-05, 1.3805297e-05
- Rotation
- 77.54
- 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-p0830e-f-2000x2000.tif
- Resource URL
- https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p0830e-f-2000x2000.tif
- Related Resources
- http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2008/30
- Metadata Date
- 2022-07-06T00:00:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
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