Hubble Captures Galaxies' Ghostly Gaze

Stsci_2019-51a_1024

stsci_2019-51a October 28th, 2019

Credit: NASA, ESA, and J. Dalcanton, B.F. Williams, and M. Durbin (University of Washington)

Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute

Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2019/news-2019-51

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
AM2026-424
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Grouping > Pair
Stsci_2019-51a_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 20h 29m 37.3s
DEC = -42° 30’ 31.3”
Orientation
North is 0.6° CW
Field of View
1.4 x 1.5 arcminutes
Constellation
Microscopium

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Cyan Hubble (ACS/WFC) Optical (V-band) 606.0 nm
Orange Hubble (ACS/WFC) Optical (I-band) 814.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Cyan
Orange
Stsci_2019-51a_1280
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ID
2019-51a
Subject Category
C.5.5.1  
Subject Name
AM2026-424
Credits
NASA, ESA, and J. Dalcanton, B.F. Williams, and M. Durbin (University of Washington)
Release Date
2019-10-28T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2019/news-2019-51
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Good
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble, Hubble
Instrument
ACS/WFC, ACS/WFC
Color Assignment
Cyan, Orange
Band
Optical, Optical
Bandpass
V-band, I-band
Central Wavelength
606, 814
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
2000.0
Reference Value
307.40537907753, -42.50869824097
Reference Dimension
1631.00, 1767.00
Reference Pixel
-69.09011473621, 660.26132535699
Scale
-0.00001389427, 0.00001389427
Rotation
-0.59297044991
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-p1951a-f-1631x1767.tif
Resource URL
https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p1951a-f-1631x1767.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2019-10-10T16:14:08-04:00
Metadata Version
1.2
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