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HST Wide-Field Image of 3C 264 (1996)

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stsci_2015-19d May 27th, 2015

Credit: NASA, ESA, and E. Meyer (STScI)

A 2015 Hubble Space Telescope image of 3C 264, NGC 3862

Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute

Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2015/news-2015-19

Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA

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

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: 3C 264 • NGC 3862
Subject - Distant Universe: Galaxy > Activity > AGN; Star > Evolutionary Stage > Black Hole

Distance

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300,000,000 light years

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 0h 47m 0.3s; DEC = 19° 36’ 22.7”
Constellation: Pisces

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical	791.0 nm
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ID: 2015-19d
Subject Category: D.5.3.2 D.3.1.10
Subject Name: 3C 264, NGC 3862
Credits: NASA, ESA, and E. Meyer (STScI)

Release Date: 2015-05-27T00:00:00
Lightyears: 300,000,000
Redshift: 300,000,000
Reference Url: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2015/news-2015-19

Type: Observation
Image Quality: Good
Distance Notes: 300 million light-years (91 Mpc)

Facility: Hubble
Instrument: WFPC2
Color Assignment: Grayscale

Band: Optical
Bandpass
Central Wavelength: 791

Start Time: 1996-05-19T00:00:00
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes: I

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox
Reference Value: 11.7513917, 19.6063167
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Quality: Position
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-p1519d-f-1120x434.tif

Resource URL: https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p1519d-f-1120x434.tif
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Metadata Date: 2022-07-06T00:00:00
Metadata Version: 1.2

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