ANGST SURVEY GALAXY - NGC 4163

stsci_2008-35e September 30th, 2008

Credit: NASA, ESA, J. Dalcanton and B. Williams (University of Washington)

The image at bottom, right, shows a swarm of young, blue stars in the diffuse dwarf irregular galaxy NGC 4163. NGC 4163 is a member of a group of dwarf galaxies near our Milky Way and is located roughly 10 million light-years away.

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Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2008/news-2008-35

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: NGC 4163
Subject - Local Universe: Galaxy > Type > Irregular; Galaxy > Size > Dwarf

Distance

10,000,000 light years

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 12h 12m 13.3s; DEC = 36° 9’ 45.6”
Orientation: North is 63.3° CCW
Field of View: 3.5 x 3.6 arcminutes
Constellation: Canes Venatici

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
Hubble (ACS/WFC)	Optical (B)	475.0 nm
Hubble (ACS/WFC)	Optical (V)	606.0 nm
Hubble (ACS/WFC)	Optical (I)	814.0 nm

ID: 2008-35e
Subject Category: C.5.1.6 C.5.2.2
Subject Name: NGC 4163
Credits: NASA, ESA, J. Dalcanton and B. Williams (University of Washington)

Release Date: 2008-09-30T00:00:00
Lightyears: 10,000,000
Redshift: 10,000,000
Reference Url: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2008/news-2008-35

Type: Observation
Image Quality: Good
Distance Notes

Facility: Hubble, Hubble, Hubble
Instrument: ACS/WFC, ACS/WFC, ACS/WFC
Color Assignment: Blue, Green, Red

Band: Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: B, V, I
Central Wavelength: 475, 606, 814

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox
Reference Value: 183.0552234071063, 36.16267935953633
Reference Dimension: 4230, 4357

Reference Pixel: 2115, 2178.5
Scale: -1.38900263948093e-05, 1.38900263948093e-05
Rotation: 63.331373
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Resource ID: STSCI-H-p0835e-f-3880x1852.tif

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

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10,000,000 light years