M106, Spiral Galaxy in Canes Venatici
stsci_2013-06c February 5th, 2013
Credit: R. Gendler Acknowledgment: J. GaBany
This multiframe, mosaic, wide-field image of M106 was created as an experiment in using the Hubble Legacy Archive as a clearing house for Hubble Space Telescope data of the galaxy. WFC3, ACS, and WFPC2 Hubble data of the nucleus and inner spiral arms were combined with ground-based red-green-blue images of M106 taken by astrophotographers Robert Gendler and Jay GaBany. Their 12.5-inch and 20-inch telescopes are located at very dark, remote sites in New Mexico. The Hubble Legacy Archive provides public access to Hubble data. Gendler processed the Hubble and ground-based images into this stunning view of the galaxy. The image is also being released at Gendler's astro imaging website at: http://www.robgendlerastropics.com/M106-HST.html .
Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute
Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2013/news-2013-06
Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Image Details
Distance
Position Details
Color Mapping
| Telescope | Spectral Band | Wavelength | |
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Hubble (ACS) | Optical (B) | 435.0 nm |
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Hubble (WFPC2) | Optical (V) | 555.0 nm |
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Hubble (ACS) | Optical (V) | 555.0 nm |
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Hubble (ACS) | Optical (V) | 606.0 nm |
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Hubble (WFPC2) | Optical (Halpha) | 656.0 nm |
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Hubble (ACS) | Optical (I) | 814.0 nm |
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Hubble (WFC3) | Optical (I) | 814.0 nm |
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Hubble (ACS) | Optical (I) | 814.0 nm |
- ID
- 2013-06c
- Subject Category
- C.5.3.2 C.5.1.1
- Subject Name
- M106, NGC 4258
- Credits
- R. Gendler Acknowledgment: J. GaBany
- Release Date
- 2013-02-05T00:00:00
- Lightyears
- 23,500,000
- Redshift
- 23,500,000
- Reference Url
- https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2013/news-2013-06
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- 23.5 million light-years (700,000 parsecs)
- Facility
- Hubble, Hubble, Hubble, Hubble, Hubble, Hubble, Hubble, Hubble
- Instrument
- ACS, WFPC2, ACS, ACS, WFPC2, ACS, WFC3, ACS
- Color Assignment
- Blue, Green, Green, Green, Red, Red, Red, Luminosity
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- B, V, V, V, Halpha, I, I, I
- Central Wavelength
- 435, 555, 555, 606, 656, 814, 814, 814
- Start Time
- 2009-12-03T00:00:00, 2005-03-07T00:00:00, 2005-03-07T00:00:00, 2005-03-07T00:00:00, 2001-05-14T00:00:00, 2005-03-07T00:00:00, 2005-03-07T00:00:00, 2005-03-07T00:00:00
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- 2000.0
- Reference Value
- 184.77326641200, 47.24584558060
- Reference Dimension
- 3000.00, 2538.00
- Reference Pixel
- 1176.32160773441, 885.36329590558
- Scale
- -0.00006238685, 0.00006238685
- Rotation
- -22.98654888199
- 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 1130.95 2409.59 886.01 2014.99 2039.42 651.18 1566.07 1450.99 1952.08 306.62 1589.87 1294.99 2232.26 960.34 1591.44 1611.22 2256.24 1999.40 1421.56 2040.31 1363.85 1394.79 1160.39 1638.49 1132.79 1903.16 977.51 1805.21 311.92 1117.56 776.95 1340.94 Center Pixel Coordinates: 1500.00 184.75970020789 1269.00 47.27582238026
- Creator (Curator)
- STScI
- URL
- http://hubblesite.org
- Name
- Space Telescope Science Institute Office of Public Outreach
- 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-p1306c-f-3000x2538.tif
- Resource URL
- https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p1306c-f-3000x2538.tif
- Related Resources
- http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2013/06
- Metadata Date
- 2022-07-06T00:00:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
