Hubble NICMOS Infrared Image of M51

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stsci_2011-03b January 13th, 2011

Credit: NASA, ESA, M. Regan and B. Whitmore (STScI), and R. Chandar (University of Toledo)

A 2011 Hubble Space Telescope image of M51, Whirlpool Galaxy.

Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute

Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2011/news-2011-03

Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA

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

Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
M51
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Spiral

Distance Details Distance

Universescale2
31,000,000 light years
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Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 13h 30m 1.0s
DEC = 47° 9’ 38.6”
Orientation
North is 89.6° CCW
Field of View
2.2 x 3.0 arcminutes
Constellation
Canes Venatici

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (NICMOS) Infrared (J) 160.0 nm
November 28 - December 2, 2005
Spectrum_base
Red
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ID
2011-03b
Subject Category
C.5.1.1  
Subject Name
M51
Credits
NASA, ESA, M. Regan and B. Whitmore (STScI), and R. Chandar (University of Toledo)
Release Date
2011-01-13T00:00:00
Lightyears
31,000,000
Redshift
31,000,000
Reference Url
https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2011/news-2011-03
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Good
Distance Notes
About 31 million light-years (9.6 million parsecs)
Facility
Hubble
Instrument
NICMOS
Color Assignment
Red
Band
Infrared
Bandpass
J
Central Wavelength
160
Start Time
2005-11-28T00:00:00
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
N
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
Reference Value
202.50403512657, 47.16073004466
Reference Dimension
2685.00, 3617.00
Reference Pixel
3850.31558221135, 651.33787786754
Scale
-0.00001390583, 0.00001390583
Rotation
89.640467
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-p1103b-f-2685x3617.tif
Resource URL
https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p1103b-f-2685x3617.tif
Related Resources
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2011/03
Metadata Date
2022-07-06T00:00:00
Metadata Version
1.2
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