Hubble Optical Image of Hercules A (3C 348)

stsci_2012-47c November 29th, 2012

Credit: NASA, ESA, S. Baum and C. O'Dea (RIT), and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

This Hubble Space Telescope composite of V and I filters shows the active galaxy 3C 348, also known as Hercules A. The Hubble data were taken in October of 2012.

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Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2012/news-2012-47

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: Hercules A • Herc A • 3C 348
Subject - Distant Universe: Galaxy > Activity > AGN; Galaxy > Type > Elliptical

Distance

637,000,000 light years

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 16h 51m 8.2s; DEC = 4° 59’ 34.5”
Orientation: North is 36.0° CW
Field of View: 3.3 x 2.4 arcminutes
Constellation: Hercules

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Hubble (WFC3)	Optical (V)	606.0 nm
	Hubble (WFC3)	Optical (I)	814.0 nm
8-Oct-12

ID: 2012-47c
Subject Category: D.5.3.2 D.5.1.4
Subject Name: Hercules A, Herc A, 3C 348
Credits: NASA, ESA, S. Baum and C. O'Dea (RIT), and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

Release Date: 2012-11-29T00:00:00
Lightyears: 637,000,000
Redshift: 0.156
Reference Url: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2012/news-2012-47

Type: Observation
Image Quality: Good
Distance Notes: 2.1 billion light-years (637 million parsecs or redshift z = 0.156)

Facility: Hubble, Hubble
Instrument: WFC3, WFC3
Color Assignment: Blue, Orange

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

Start Time: 2012-10-08T00:00:00, 2012-10-08T00:00:00
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes: 8

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: 2000.0
Reference Value: 252.78403830924, 4.99292628183
Reference Dimension: 5000.00, 3552.00

Reference Pixel: 2535.65335902720, 1847.47812031885
Scale: -0.00001113705, 0.00001113705
Rotation: -35.98415998138
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
FITS Header
Notes: World Coordinate System resolved using PinpointWCS 0.9.2 revision 218+ by the Chandra X-ray Center FITS X FITS Y EPO X EPO Y 382.65 737.30 3793.36 449.55 814.08 315.09 4602.12 1326.04 1523.58 254.54 4680.55 2731.46 1725.75 945.45 3302.56 3090.53 1324.17 1928.28 1383.97 2238.90 577.27 1924.53 1434.99 763.97 1034.85 2555.72 160.06 1630.03 Center Pixel Coordinates: 2500.00 252.78389764971 1776.00 4.99205795872

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Resource ID: STSCI-H-p1247c-f-5000x3552.tif

Resource URL: https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p1247c-f-5000x3552.tif
Related Resources: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2012/47

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

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637,000,000 light years