ANGST SURVEY GALAXY - NGC 4163

Stsci_2008-35e_1024

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.

Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute

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

Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA

Image Use Policy: http://hubblesite.org/copyright/

Image Details

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

Distance

Universescale2
10,000,000 light years
Stsci_2008-35e_128
 

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
Blue Hubble (ACS/WFC) Optical (B) 475.0 nm
Green Hubble (ACS/WFC) Optical (V) 606.0 nm
Red Hubble (ACS/WFC) Optical (I) 814.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Blue
Green
Red
Stsci_2008-35e_1280
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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
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
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
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
STScI
URL
http://hubblesite.org
Name
Space Telescope Science Institute Office of Public Outreach
Email
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-p0835e-f-3880x1852.tif
Metadata Date
2022-07-06T00:00:00
Metadata Version
1.2
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Universescalefull
10,000,000 light years

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