Hubble ACS Image of NGC 4068

stsci_2009-19c April 30th, 2009

Credit: NASA, ESA, and K. McQuinn (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis)

A NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of reveals stars residing in the central regions of NGC 4068. Bluish dots are younger stars; reddish dots, older stars. NGC 4068 elongated and has fewer new stars than similar galaxies of its kind. Astronomers think the starburst in this galaxy is ending. This galaxy is part of a Hubble study of starbursts in nearby, small, or dwarf, galaxies. Based on this study, astronomers have found that starbursts continue 100 times longer than first thought, lasting 200 million to 400 million years. NGC 4068 shows that starbursts are not isolated events, but sweep across a galaxy.

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Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2009/news-2009-19

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: NGC 4068
Subject - Local Universe: Galaxy > Size > Dwarf

Distance

14,000,000 light years

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 12h 4m 6.5s; DEC = 52° 35’ 15.4”
Orientation: North is 0.3° CCW
Field of View: 1.5 x 2.3 arcminutes
Constellation: Ursa Major

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Hubble (ACS)	Optical (V)	606.0 nm
	Hubble (ACS)	Optical (I)	814.0 nm
January 18, 2004; March 28, 2004; July 10, 2004

ID: 2009-19c
Subject Category: C.5.2.2
Subject Name: NGC 4068
Credits: NASA, ESA, and K. McQuinn (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis)

Release Date: 2009-04-30T00:00:00
Lightyears: 14,000,000
Redshift: 14,000,000
Reference Url: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2009/news-2009-19

Type: Observation
Image Quality: Good
Distance Notes: 14 million light-years or 4.3 megaparsecs

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

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

Start Time: 2004-07-10T00:00:00, 2004-07-10T00:00:00
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes: J

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 181.0271023, 52.5876065
Reference Dimension: 1844.0, 2805.0

Reference Pixel: 923.0, 1403.5
Scale: -1.38882e-05, 1.3888241e-05
Rotation: 0.27
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

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

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Publisher: STScI
Publisher ID: stsci
Resource ID: STSCI-H-p0919c-f-1844x2805.tif

Resource URL: https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p0919c-f-1844x2805.tif
Related Resources: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2009/19

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

Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

14,000,000 light years