Hubble-Magellan Composite of M83
stsci_2014-04b January 9th, 2014
Credit: Image NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) Acknowledgment: W. Blair (STScI/JHU), Carnegie Institution of Washington (Las Campanas Observatory), and NOAO
A 2014 Hubble Space Telescope image of M83, NGC 5236, Southern Pinwheel Galaxy.
Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute
Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2014/news-2014-04
Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA
Image Use Policy: http://hubblesite.org/copyright/
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Image Details
Distance
Position Details
Color Mapping
| Telescope | Spectral Band | Wavelength | |
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Hubble (WFC3) | Optical (U) | 336.0 nm |
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Hubble (WFC3) | Optical (B) | 438.0 nm |
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Hubble (WFC3) | Optical (Stromgren y) | 547.0 nm |
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Hubble (WFC3) | Optical (V) | 555.0 nm |
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Hubble (WFC3) | Optical (Halpha) | 657.0 nm |
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Hubble (WFC3) | Optical (I) | 814.0 nm |
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Magellan | Optical (B) | - |
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Magellan | Optical (V) | - |
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Magellan | Optical (I) | - |
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Magellan | Optical (Halpha) | - |
| August 2009 - September 2012 | |||
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- ID
- 2014-04b
- Subject Category
- C.5.1.1 X.Galaxy.Spiral
- Subject Name
- M83, NGC 5236, Southern Pinwheel Galaxy
- Credits
- Image NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) Acknowledgment: W. Blair (STScI/JHU), Carnegie Institution of Washington (Las Campanas Observatory), and NOAO
- Release Date
- 2014-01-09T00:00:00
- Lightyears
- 15,000,000
- Redshift
- 15,000,000
- Reference Url
- https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2014/news-2014-04
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- 15 million light-years (4.5 million parsecs)
- Facility
- Hubble, Hubble, Hubble, Hubble, Hubble, Hubble, Magellan, Magellan, Magellan, Magellan
- Instrument
- WFC3, WFC3, WFC3, WFC3, WFC3, WFC3, -, -, -, -
- Color Assignment
- Purple, Blue, Green, Green, Orange, Red, Blue, Green, Red, Red
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- U, B, Stromgren y, V, Halpha, I, B, V, I, Halpha
- Central Wavelength
- 336, 438, 547, 555, 657, 814, -, -, -, -
- Start Time
- 2009-08-26, 2009-08-26, 2010-03-17, 2009-08-20, 2009-08-25, 2009-08-26, -, -, -, -
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- A
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- 2000.0
- Reference Value
- 204.25426900000, -29.86556600000
- Reference Dimension
- 2844.00, 2844.00
- Reference Pixel
- 1366.16222063964, 1450.06686310913
- Scale
- -0.00009285991, 0.00009285991
- Rotation
- 0.11037907144
- 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
- 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-p1404b-f-2844x2844.tif
- Resource URL
- https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p1404b-f-2844x2844.tif
- Related Resources
- http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2014/04
- Metadata Date
- 2022-07-06T00:00:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
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