Spiral Galaxy NGC 1309

Stsci_2014-32b_1024

stsci_2014-32b August 6th, 2014

Credit: NASA, ESA, The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), and A. Riess (JHU/STScI)

A 2014 Hubble Space Telescope image of Supernova 2012Z, NGC 1309.

Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute

Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2014/news-2014-32

Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA

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

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
ACS • Galaxy • HST • HST • Heritage • Spiral Galaxy
Subject - Distant Universe
Galaxy > Type > Spiral
Star > Evolutionary Stage > Supernova

Distance Details Distance

Universescale3
100,000,000 light years
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Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 3h 22m 5.5s
DEC = -15° 23’ 47.7”
Orientation
North is 2.9° CCW
Field of View
1.7 x 1.2 arcminutes
Constellation
Eridanus

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue Hubble (ACS) Optical (B) 435.0 nm
Green Hubble (ACS) Optical (V) 555.0 nm
Red Hubble (ACS) Optical (I) 814.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Blue
Green
Red
Stsci_2014-32b_1280
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ID
2014-32b
Subject Category
D.5.1.1   D.3.1.8  
Subject Name
ACS, Galaxy, HST, HST, Heritage, Spiral Galaxy
Credits
NASA, ESA, The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), and A. Riess (JHU/STScI)
Release Date
2014-08-06T00:00:00
Lightyears
100,000,000
Redshift
100,000,000
Reference Url
https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2014/news-2014-32
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Good
Distance Notes
100 million light-years (30 Megaparsecs)
Facility
Hubble, Hubble, Hubble
Instrument
ACS, ACS, ACS
Color Assignment
Blue, Green, Red
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
B, V, I
Central Wavelength
435, 555, 814
Start Time
2005-09-18T00:00:00, 2005-08-06T00:00:00, 2005-08-06T00:00:00
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
2000.0
Reference Value
50.52292226419, -15.39657091193
Reference Dimension
2055.00, 1414.00
Reference Pixel
1072.71829288925, 621.03654579782
Scale
-0.00001394250, 0.00001394250
Rotation
2.91716451272
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
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-p1432b-f-2055x1414.tif
Resource URL
https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p1432b-f-2055x1414.tif
Related Resources
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2014/32
Metadata Date
2022-07-06T00:00:00
Metadata Version
1.2
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Universescalefull
100,000,000 light years

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