Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 6217

Stsci_2009-25bc_1024

stsci_2009-25bc September 9th, 2009

Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble SM4 ERO Team

Many spiral galaxies have bars across their centers. Even our own Milky Way Galaxy is thought to have a modest central bar. Prominently barred spiral galaxy NGC 6217, pictured above, was captured in spectacular detail in this recently released image taken by the newly repaired Advanced Camera for Surveys on the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope. Visible are dark filamentary dust lanes, young clusters of bright blue stars, red emission nebulas of glowing hydrogen gas, a long bright bar of stars across the center, and a bright active nucleus that likely houses a supermassive black hole. Light takes about 60 million years to reach us from NGC 6217, which spans about 30,000 light years across and can be found toward the constellation of the Little Bear (Ursa Minor).

Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute

Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2009/news-2009-25

Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
NGC 6217
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Spiral

Distance Details Distance

Universescale2
60,000,000 light years
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Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 16h 32m 39.2s
DEC = 78° 11’ 47.8”
Orientation
North is 0.1° CW
Field of View
2.2 x 2.7 arcminutes
Constellation
Ursa Minor

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue Hubble (ACS) Optical (B) 435.0 nm
Green Hubble (ACS) Optical (r) 625.0 nm
Red Hubble (ACS) Optical (Halpha+[N II]) 658.0 nm
Red Hubble (ACS) Optical (I) 814.0 nm
June/July 2009
Spectrum_base
Blue
Green
Red
Red
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ID
2009-25bc
Subject Category
C.5.1.1  
Subject Name
NGC 6217
Credits
NASA, ESA, and the Hubble SM4 ERO Team
Release Date
2009-09-09T00:00:00+00:00
Lightyears
60,000,000
Redshift
60,000,000
Reference Url
https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2009/news-2009-25
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Good
Distance Notes
60 million light-years or 21 million parsecs
Facility
Hubble, Hubble, Hubble, Hubble
Instrument
ACS, ACS, ACS, ACS
Color Assignment
Blue, Green, Red, Red
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
B, r, Halpha+[N II], I
Central Wavelength
435, 625, 658, 814
Start Time
2009-06-13T00:00:00, 2009-06-13T00:00:00, 2009-07-08T00:00:00, 2009-07-08T00:00:00
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
J
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
248.1632484, 78.1966159
Reference Dimension
2631.0, 3289.0
Reference Pixel
1316.5, 1645.5
Scale
-1.39091e-05, 1.3909149e-05
Rotation
-0.05
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
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-p0925bc-f-2631x3289.tif
Resource URL
https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p0925bc-f-2631x3289.tif
Related Resources
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2009/25
Metadata Date
2022-07-06T00:00:00
Metadata Version
1.2
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60,000,000 light years

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